Armed Forces of Nigeria

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to establish the Defence Research and Development Bureau in the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Also passed were the FCT Area Courts Bill and the Federal College of Education Birniwa, Jigawa State…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed trending pictures and videos in circulation showing dumping of dead bodies into mass graves, purported to be bodies of people killed in military operations. The Director, Defence Information,…

Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the new Acting Director, Defence Information (DDI), has appealed to the media to continue to support the military in the effort to defeat terrorism and criminality in the country. Nwachukwu made the appeal on…

Baffa Yakubu Dr. Junaid Mohammed, firebrand public affairs commentator, currently vice-presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has expressed the fears that Nigeria cannot make the much-desired progress with the kind…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the death of two of its pilots alongside three crew members in a helicopter crash, on Wednesday night. The fighter helicopter, a Mi-35M, crashed while providing close air support to troops of…

The Nigerian Army has debunked reports that the ragtag Boko Haram fighters are better equipped than Nigerian soldiers, dismissing them as propaganda and psychological warfare against troops. Army spokesman, Brigadier-General Sani…