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Eleven suspected armed bandits were feared dead when soldiers engaged them in a fierce gun battle Tuesday night in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. This is even as a policeman was reported to have shot dead his colleague also in Aba yesterday morning. The killings came...

  A Lagos State Mobile Court has convicted and sentenced a fake Soldier, Kabiru Mohammed, to six weeks imprisonment for assault and impersonation. The convict was arrested by the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce). Chairman Lagos...

The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), said soldiers on counter-insurgency operations in the North East have killedsome top commanders of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commanders and destroyed logistics base at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State....

The Defence Headquarters said soldiers on internal security operations in the Niger Deltaelta region have killed five pirates and militants terrorizing people of the area.The soldiers from Operation DELTA SAFE were also said to have sunk three attack boats belonging to the...

The Defence Headquarters said soldiers on Operation HADARIN DAJI under OPERATION ACCORD, have killed 12 bandits and rescued two kidnapped victims in Kastina and Zamfara States.The soldiers were also said to have recovered several weapons and Communication gadgets from the bandits...

The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), Monday said soldiers fighting the counter-insurgency war in the northeast have killed 20 members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province(ISWAP), the terrorist group at Baga town. Coordinator Defence Media Operations Major...

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the killing of 47 soldiers by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state. The soldiers from Operation Lafiya Dole were allegedly killed while on clearance operations at Gorgi, area of the state. This, however, contradicts the earlier report...

The Nigerian Army said that its troops on counter-insurgency war and anti-banditry operations in the northeast and northwest of the country have made tremendous arrests, killed several terrorists and recovered various arms and ammunition from them. Operations Media Coordinator,...

A military taskforce, codenamed Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in charge of internal security in Plateau, and its environs, has arrested 33 suspects involved in kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery and gun running in Bauchi ,and Plateau States. Commander of the taskforce, Major...

The Nigerian Army said three of its soldiers were killed and eight others injured during a shootout with the Boko Haram terrorists group at Munguno in Borno State. Acting director, army public relations, Colonel Saghir Musa, who made this known, however, said that the soldiers...