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Jihadists killed 14 security personnel and civilians in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Wednesday, security sources told AFP.

An officer in the Nigerian Army, Major Akeem Oseni, who was convicted by a General Court Martial in Abuja and escaped from court premises, has been arrested in Benin Republic.

A Major in the Nigerian Army, Akeem Oseni, who was among three army personnel jailed on Friday for 10 years over the death of a Lance Corporal, Benjamin Collins, has escaped.

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of an Army Colonel, a Captain and three other military personnel in an ambush laid by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno/ Yobe states axis yesterday July 18th.   In a statemet released today Friday July 19th, the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, in Charge of the 212 Battalion in the northeast, Col Ado Isa …

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that five soldiers assigned to escort a Very Important Personality (VIP) from Sokoto to Kaduna robbed and absconded with money but denied that the money belonged to Major General HO Otiki or the Army.

The Nigerian Army has called for the closure of the Amnesty International offices in Nigeria, alleging there is credible evidence the organisation is working hard to destabilise the country.

One of the soldiers who escaped the deadly attack on the military formation in Metele in Borno state has narrated how he escaped.

A Nigerian soldier identified as Adegor Okpako reportedly killed his partner, Saka, before he went on to commit suicide.

The troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (1 Div NA) received credible information on a location near Jumu Village in Chukun LGA, where bandits used as a staging area to perpetrate criminalities along Kaduna – Abuja road.

A young man from Rigasa Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna state, is in the limelight after designing and building a helicopter for Nigerian Army.