Nigerian Army

March 15, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army has said it remains nationalistic and apolitical in its make-up. The director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in response to a media report (not THEWILL), alleging a...

March 12, (THEWILL) - The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division and Commander, Sector 1, Operation HADIN KAI, Major General Waidi Shaibu, has charged troops of 112 Task Force Battalion to sustain an aggressive and ruthless posture against the...

March 07, (THEWILL) - A soldier of the Nigerian Army, Lance Corporal Nwobobo Chinoso, on Sunday, killed his Commander and two others at Forward Operating Base, Rabah, in Sokoto State. Chinoso, from the 223 Battalion Zuru, Kebbi State, was...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, in Daura, Katsina State, said the sacrifices of the Armed Forces remained appreciated by Nigerians, commending the patriotic role they played in maintaining law and order at the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. In...

February 22, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army has released a list of hotlines to report any suspicious act of violence by unscrupulous persons during Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. The Army, in a statement by its Director,...

February 16, (THEWILL) - Angry mob at Ogijo Community, a border town between Ogun and Lagos state, on Wednesday, attacked a police station, following the death of a soldier, who was allegedly stabbed to death by a policeman. The...

February 03, (THEWILL) - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami, has urged students to always embrace dialogue in resolving issues rather than taking to protests at the slightest provocation. Prof. Salami made that call in a statement...

February 02, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian army Troops of 1 Division, have dislodged bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road and rescued 30 kidnapped victims.   Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, confirmed the development...

January 28, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he joined the army, his experience as an officer in the 30 months civil war and his ascension to the Nigerian Presidency in his hometown of Daura, Katsina...

January 12, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his anguish over the death of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who were ambushed and killed by bandits in Kaduna State while on official...