Nigerian Army
A Nigerian soldier recently redeployed from the northeast region to the Seme border has killed a Customs officer after an argument ensued between both men.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed reports claiming its director-general, Shuaibu Ibrahim, said corps members are being mobilised for war.
The Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has raised the alarm that bandits were gathering in some forests in the state and he called for military intervention.
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has debunked viral claims that there will be compulsory mass retirement in the military due to the new COAS' appointment.
Scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Wednesday afternoon, June 2, were reportedly killed by troops of the Nigerian military in Damboa town, Borno state.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, forwarded the name of Major General Farouk Yahaya to the Senate for screening and confirmation for appointment as COAS.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Faruk Yahaya, said the Nigerian Army under his watch will defeat terrorism with modern processes, strategies and tactics.
The Kaduna plane crash that killed COAS Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others have brought back a similar memory: in 2006, 10 army generals died in a plane crash.
The appointment of Major General Farouq Yahaya as the new chief of army staff is indeed a laudable statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari to criminals.
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