Mr. Benedict Alabi, the Osun Deputy Governor, has described the Nigerian Armed Forces as a dependable institution of sustenance and survival of Nigeria’s sovereignty since independence. Alabi made the remarks at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day thanksgiving service held at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Cathedral of Living Spring, on Sunday in Osogbo. The deputy governor noted that the armed forces, which started as the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force until 1956,...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has commended officers and men of the Armed Forces for their role in protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria, assuring the government’s unwavering support for them to succeed. The Governor was speaking at the interdenominational church service held at the Protestant Church 153 Base Service Group of the Nigeria Air Force Yola in commemoration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day being observed annually on the fifteenth of January....

The Nigerian Army has launched another massive operation against Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) elements to dislodge them from their enclaves and hideouts in the North East. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj.-Gen. Nuhu Angbazo, disclosed this at the maiden media briefing on ‘Operation Tura Takaibango’ on Thursday, at 27 Brigade Tactical Headquarters, Buni Gari in Yobe. Angbazo said the new operation was operationalised on Jan. 3 in the entire...