Tag: Defence
Buhari approves Oshiomhole, Lai, 14 others as presidential inauguration committee members
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee with the mandate to plan, organise and execute all approved activities for the swearing ... Read More
NTA News Summary: Federal Government To Revive lake Chad
NTA News Summary:13th November,2017 Senate Committee Describe Anambra Elections As Sacrosanct The senate committee on INEC says the November 18 2017 due for conduct ... Read More
Nigeria Remains Top Priority Nation in The World To United States of America – Col. Doyle
John Enenche, Abuja: The United States Defence Attaché, Colonel Patrick Doyle has reiterated that Nigeria remains one of top priority nations in the world to ... Read More
Osinbajo Re-States Govt’s International Cooperation In Forming Credible Force Against Terrorism
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has renewed the call for international collaboration aimed at tackling the menace of terrorism, stating that Nigeria will continue to cooperate ... Read More
Court Dismisses Former Taraba State Governor’s No-Case Submission
Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba State, has been ordered by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu, to begin his defence on ... Read More
DHQ Gives Support To Presidential Committee On North East (PCNI)
Rabe Abubakar, Abuja: The Nigerian Armed Forces have reassured the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI), of its unflinching support and collaboration in line ... Read More
News Summary 19/12/2016 Challenges Of Climate Change And Many More
CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE Meanwhile victims of fire disaster in Jigawa state say, war against indiscriminate use of fire can assist the nation’s economic revival. ... Read More
DHQ to Partner NSE in Setting Up Research and Development Agency
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has sought the assistance of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in its plan to set up a Research and Development ... Read More
Operation CROCODILE SMILE: Troops On Patrol Track Down, Arrest Hoodlums
Troops of 222 Battalion, 4 Brigade Nigerian Army involved in the field training exercise of Operation CROCODILE SMILE have also been conducting patrols and raids. ... Read More
General Khan Lauds Nigeria Armed Forces
Rabe Abubakar, Abuja: The Director General of Joint Staff of the Pakistani Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Najib Ullah Khan has lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces ... Read More
Buhari directs service chiefs to intensify strategies, techniques in tackling insecurity
President Muhammad Buhari has directed service chiefs and entire leadership of the nation’s Armed Forces to intensify and perfect current strategies and techniques toward curtailing ... Read More
Terrorists Plan Bombings During Ramadan
From the office of the Acting Director Defence, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar tells us that information available to the Defence Headquarters indicated plans by terrorists ... Read More
Military Pensions Board to complete payment of 33% increment arrears to pensioners by 2017
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) says payment of 33 per cent increment arrears owed military pensioners since 2010 will be completed by the end of ... Read More
Military to review counter-insurgency operations in the North East for improved performance.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military hierarchy will review the entire counter-insurgency operations in order to improve the performance of ... Read More
Defence intelligence Agency, DIA begins overhaul of it’s operational mechanisms
The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) says it has begun the overhaul of its intelligence gathering and other operational mechanisms in order to strengthen security in ... Read More
Fight against Pipeline vandalism, Kidnapping , Cultism: CDS pledges improved capacity for the military
General Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Defence Staff Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olanisakin, on Saturday, pledged improved capacity for military in the task of dealing ... Read More
Dasukigate: Court Rejects Metuh’s Move To Stall Trial, Orders Defence To Open Case
The National spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday April 11, 2016, again attempted to throw another spanner in the wheel of justice ... Read More
Defence Headqurters Establishes Camp For Repentant Boko Haram Members
In line with the Federal Government’s commitment to the war against insurgency in the North East and in furtherance of its efforts to rehabilitate ... Read More
Nigeria and South Africa Collaborate to Strengthen Security
Nigeria Defence Minister, Mr. Mansur Dan Ali and his South African counterpart, Mrs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula met yesterday, to strengthen defence relations between the two countries. ... Read More
Nigerian Military is Exceptional and Outstanding – Liberian Minister
The Minister of National Defence of Liberia, Honourable Brownie J Samukai Jr has described the Nigerian Armed Forces as very professional and outstanding, adding that ... Read More