Defence Headquarters

A former Director, Medical Training Operations, at the Defence headquarters, Air Vice Marshal M. M. Maisaka (rtd) has been assassinated. Marshal Maisaka was gunned down by yet-to-be identified gunmen at his residence in Rigasa, Igabi…

Some masked gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (rtd.) in the Ajah area of Lagos State. AVM Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. Musiliu…

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,…

The Defence Headquarters has described as ‘false’ claims that a military helicopter attacked a civilian boat carrying food items last week, in Bonny, Rivers State. The denial came from Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin…

Reports say that the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has declared a former Nigerian Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, wanted for exposing, in an interview on Channels Television, those he called sponsors of Boko Haram and terrorism' in the…

The Defence Headquarters has cautioned users of social media to thread with caution when spreading information about the circumstances surrounding the invasion of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), in Kaduna State, by bandits. The…

A Boko Haram terrorist has revealed names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors of the Islamic sect, says a retired Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi. He believed that President Muhammadu Buhari has “demonstrated…

The Defence Headquarters, in Abuja, on Monday, said that its loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari, while assuring that the military had no intention of taking over power. Recall that Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999 after…

...As Defence Headquarters warns soldiers against coup The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), in Abuja, has warned the military against engaging in mutiny or any form of revolt against constituted civil authorities. The Defence…

...Soldiers killed in bomb explosion The Defence Headquarters, in Abuja, on Tuesday, said it lost 47 of its men in the Monday ambush contrary to reports that 70 soldiers were killed by the Boko Haram terrorist. The military hierarchy…