Nigerian Army

December 20, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of 108 senior officers to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General in recognition of their outstanding service to the nation. In a statement released...

October 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army Headquarters (AHQ), has refuted reports that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has died. Earlier reports on social media, indicated that CoAS Lagbaja had died of cancer. “The...

October 13, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army (NA) has donated a newly built and well equipped model Primary Health Care (PHC) facility to Oziokutu-Ogaminana community, in Adavi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. The NA also renovated the...

September 25, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army (NA) has continued to interact with the civil populace through Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) and Civil-Military Relations (CMR) activities such as seminars, workshops and media chats amongst others. These are geared towards keeping the...

September 08, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army 2 Brigade, Akwa Ibom State, has called on the general public to keep calm and go about their normal businesses as the demolition of unserviceable ammunition and explosives will take place under...

August 07, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier for killing a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed, in Samaru, Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Army Spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the unnamed soldier currently...

June 30, (THEWILL) – The Director-General, Land Forces Simulation Centre (LFSC), Maj.-Gen. Usman Yusuf, has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the Armed Forces to be able to overcome the security challenges facing the nation. Yusuf made the...

June 02, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has condemned, in strong terms, the killing of five Soldiers and six civilians in Aba, Abia state, by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The slain soldiers were on peacekeeping...

June 01, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has described as barbaric and abominable, the killing of five soldiers on lawful duty at Obikabia Junction in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, vowing that the perpetrators must face...

May 31, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian military has vowed a fierce response to the killing of soldiers by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Abia State. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba, who disclosed this...