Tag: Nigerian Army

  • Nigerian Army tasks religious leaders on counter terrorism narratives

    Nigerian Army tasks religious leaders on counter terrorism narratives

    The Nigerian Army has urged religious leaders to produce appropriate narratives that would counter the terrorists’ ideologies towards discouraging the young minds from accepting extremist ideologies. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the call at the Second Nigerian Army Spiritual Warfare Seminar organised by the Chaplain and Islamic Directorates on Thursday in…

  • Nigerian Army to build reference hospital in South-East

    Nigerian Army says it has concluded plans to boost healthcare delivery in South-East by building a state-of-the-art Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…

  • COVID-19: Nigerian Army debunks enforcement of military lockdown rumour

    COVID-19: Nigerian Army debunks enforcement of military lockdown rumour

    The Nigerian Army has debunked publications in some media platforms about a purported Federal Government’s plan to enforce military lockdown on Friday. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Wednesday, described the publications as false and misleading. READ ALSO: COVID-19 :‎ Kano Govt. orders closure of land borders Musa said…

  • Nigerian Army troops capture terrorists, rescue captives in Borno –Army

    Nigerian Army troops capture terrorists, rescue captives in Borno –Army

    The Nigerian Army says its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have continued to neutralize more terrorists, capture gun trucks and cache of arms in several encounters across North East. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that the troops had continued to sustain the…