Nigeria army

November 21, (THEWILL) - The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has died. A report (not THEWILL) had claimed that the Defence Chief passed away on Monday. But a statement issued...

November 09, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian military troops have neutralised 113 terrorists and arrested 300 other criminal elements in the last two weeks. The troops also arrested 25 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 91 kidnapped hostages while denying oil...

October 10, (THEWILL) - The Commander 4 Special Forces (SF) Command, Major General Hilary Nzan, has warned criminal elements to vacate Benue State or risk the wrath of the law. He said peace is non-negotiable in the State, as the...

October 10, (THEWILL) - A Nigerian Army Special Court-martial sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj.-Gen. Umar Mohammed, to 7 years imprisonment for stealing the sum of $2,178,900 and N1.65...

September 23, (THEWILL) - Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have neutralised 52 terrorists, arrested 60 and rescued 61 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country between September 15 and 22, 2023. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward...

September 22, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian army troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued six abducted students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara. The students were Kidnapped on Thursday night, by bandits, who invaded their off-campus residence in Sabon-Gida community,...

September 18, (THEWILL) – Joint security team comprising Police operatives of the Enugu State Command, NPF Special Forces, and Troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, on Monday, neutralised three members of the outlawed Indigenous People...

September 14, (THEWILL) - Troops deployed for internal operations across the country have killed 151 terrorists, rescued 76 kidnap victims and arrested 456 terrorists, in one week, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on Thursday. The Director, Defence Media Operations,...

September 12, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has directed the payment of all pending Group Life Assurance owed to the families of deceased soldiers. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, disclosed this on Tuesday, while declaring open...

September 1, (THEWILL) – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, has charged troops to remain loyal to constituted authorities, particularly the President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Tinubu. He...