Nigeria: Names, Profiles of 16 Nigerian Military Officers Detained for Alleged Coup Plot

Some of the officers suspected to be involved in the coup plot include a brigadier general, a colonel, four lieutenant colonels, five majors, two captains, a lieutenant, a… Read more »

Nigeria: How Military Will Handle Repentant Terrorists - CNS

The Chief of Naval Staff, Idi Abbas, also said the navy, under his leadership, would build on existing security strategies to address challenges such as kidnapping, banditry, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Strategic Partnerships - What French Military Academy's Visit to NDA Really Means

The French visit was earned, not solicited. It was Nigeria's capacity, not its dependency, that drew attention. Read more »

Nigeria: SSS Arrests Man Over Social Media Post Calling for Coup

The State Security Service (SSS) has reportedly arrested a social media user, Innocent Chukwuma, who made a post on X, calling for a coup. Read more »

Nigeria: NSCDC Spends N1 Billion On Deceased, Injured Personnel in Two Years - Official

"Some of them who had amputation of limbs, either arms or legs, we bought limbs for them," he said. Read more »

Nigeria: Soldiers Foil Terror Attack in Borno, Kill 10 Terrorists, Recover Weapons - - Official

The Nigerian Army says the latest victory followed a similar gunfight where troops killed more than 50 terrorists at Katarko, Yobe State Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Military Confirms Fierce Battles, Says Terrorists Used Armed Drones, RPGs

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) ambushed military positions in Dikwa and Mada. Read more »

Nigeria: Keyamo Orders Airlines to Prioritise Serving Military Personnel First During Boarding

"This is what is done in other countries, and it is not a bad thing to copy. It is the least we can do to honour our serving military personnel." Read more »

Nigeria: Security On High Alert in Ondo As SSS Intelligence Reveals Fresh Threats of Terrorists Attack

According to the security alert, the ISWAP operatives have already commenced surveillance on soft targets in the identified areas, prompting a call for the immediate strengthening… Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Raid Bandits' Hideout, Recover Weapons - Official

According to the army, two AK-47 rifles, one G3 rifle, a revolver pistol, four AK-47 rifle magazines, and three G3 rifle magazines were found. Read more »

Nigeria: Bandits Abduct 73 From Two Zamfara Villages - Report

Terrorists, locally known as bandits, abducted the locals from Buzugu and Rayau villages in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Read more »

Nigeria: Lieutenant-Colonel, Others Killed in 'Foiled' Boko Haram Attack - Nigerian Army

The army said troops successfully repelled the attack but some of the Nigerian soldiers were killed during the battle. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Military Speaks On Report of Alleged Coup Plot

The military said it had constituted an "investigative panel" to investigate the officers and the finding of the panel "would be made public." Read more »

Nigeria: Exclusive - How Suspected Coup Plotters Planned to Kill Tinubu, Shettima, Other Top Officials - Sources

Key officials targeted for assasination include President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Begins Probe of Military Officers Detained for Alleged Coup Plot

"The plotters had tentatively picked a date for the coup and were continuing consultations when the coup plot leaked." Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Model's Valuable Lessons On Handling Boko Haram Deserters

The approach of Nigeria's Borno State shows how to manage more humane, locally grounded reintegration efforts that work. Read more »

Nigeria: Bandits Didn't Overrun Our Troops in Kwara - Nigerian Army

Kwara State has been in the news since early this year when armed bandits and al-Qaeda terrorists infiltrated some parts of the state Read more »

Africa: The Global Threat of Russia's Alabuga Recruitment in Africa

Instead of young Africans trading their dreams for a place in someone else's war, the international community should embrace them. Read more »

Nigeria: Notorious Terror Kingpin, Others Feared Killed As Nigerian Troops Invade Hideout

The latest development occurred days after some self-acclaimed Biafra agitators threatened to kill a former lawmaker in Imo State, Ngozi Ogbu, if authorities and villagers fail to… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arrest Fake Army Colonel in Ondo

The police said the fake army officer defrauded two women of N1.3 million. Read more »

Cameroon: Looking for Oceanne in Cameroon

Many individuals from this group have left for Russia to take up jobs and fellowships in military-adjacent fields, such as security, logistics, IT, or the Alabuga programme. Read more »

Nigeria: Troops Rescue Nigerian Military Officer Abducted By Gunmen - Official

The rescued officer has been identified as M.D Josiah, a major. Read more »

Central Africa: Investigation - Russia's Alabuga Scandal in the Great Lakes: Caught in the Snow

"They used us in human wave attacks, treating men as cannon fodder. So many of the people I trained with in Rostov-on-Don were lying dead on the ground in Donetsk." Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Security Agency, SSS, Threatens X Over Activist's Tweet

The SSS claims that supporters of the president, angered by the tweet, have started protesting on the streets Read more »

Nigeria: Security Operatives Dislodge Ipob Fighters From Hideout, Recover Bombs

Like other states in Nigeria's South-east, security has deteriorated in Anambra State with frequent attacks by armed persons. Read more »