No fewer than 294 Army Officers on Sunday begun a week long Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination, holding at Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State.
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has disclosed that, rather than checkmate terrorism, and banditry, the amnesty programme for bandits and terrorists in Zamfara and other states, instead helped the terrorists to regroup and reorganise.
ASHENEWS reports that the 23rd Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja on Friday, assumed office, with a pledge to serve the country with diligence and uphold the cherished values of the Nigerian Army.
The Nigerian Army has reacted to allegations by ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, that some cabals in the military are involved in oil theft in the region.
The Kaduna State High Court on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Army to pay N260,000 cost to host communities of Jaji Military Cantonment.
The Nigerian Army on Monday announced the rescue of another Chibok girl, Saratu Dauda, abducted with others at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, in 2014.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya says that the Nigeria Army would deploy 6,251 newly-recruited soldiers to counter activities of criminal elements.
A former Commander of the 21 Armoured Brigade in Bama, Borno, retired Maj.-Gen. James Akomolafe has denied reports of misdeeds by the Nigerian Army as published by Reuters in a 2022 report.
The Nigerian Army on Friday completed pre-deployment training for 197 troops for peace-keeping mission in Gambia.
The Nigerian Army on Thursday conducted a historic trooping and presentation of colours parade, retiring and replacing 53 units’ regimental colours and issued 28 new ones for newly established units.