Tag: troops
Army rescues 26 victims, foil jailbreak in N/West, N/Central
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 26 kidnapped victims and recorded multiple operational successes across the North-West and...
Troops nab ISWAP logistics supplier, secure refugee return in Borno
Abuja, Feb. 5, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI, have recorded major operational successes in the North-East with the...
Troops destroy ISWAP detention facilities in ”Timbuktu Triangle”
Abuja, Feb. 3, 2026 (NAN) Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have destroyed three notorious detention facilities operated by Islamic State West Africa Province...
Army sustains offensives against terrorists, rescues dozens of kidnapped victims nationwide
Abuja, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) The Nigerian Army has sustained coordinated offensive operations nationwide in the last 24 hours, neutralising terrorists, destroying camps and...
Troops rescue 11 kidnapped victims in Kaduna
Abuja, Jan. 27, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 kidnapped victims in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State following...
Troops dislodge oil thieves, plan permanent deployment at Adibawa oil well...
Yenagoa, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) The Nigerian Army has dislodged oil thieves from the Adibawa oil well area and concluded plans to permanently deploy...
Troops discover terrorists’ mass grave in Borno
Abuja, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have discovered a mass grave containing corpses...
Troops receive 8 rescued victims, nab gunrunner in Cross River
Abuja, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) Troops of 13 Brigade under 82 Division Nigerian Army and Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA, have received...
End in sight for terrorists in Lake Chad, MNJTF Commander assures...
Abuja, Jan. 20, 2026 (NAN) The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Saidu Audu, has assured the Borno State Government that the...
Troops neutralise 4 bandits, rescue 20 kidnap victims in Kaduna
At least four suspected bandits have been neutralised, while 20 kidnapped victims were rescued from kidnappers’ dens by the Nigerian Army troops, an official...
Troops kill 8 bandits in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), said troops had neutralised eight bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area (LGA), of the state.
The Overseeing Commissioner for...
Troops arrest man for allegedly diverting farm machinery, input in Yobe
Troops of Forward Operations Base (FOB) in Yobe have arrested a 43-year-old man for being in possession of 19 seed planting machines.
The planters were...
A’Ibom: COAS inaugurates water facility, reiterates commitment to troops welfare
Lt. -Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Monday, inaugurated a 55-litre water facility and an electricity transformer at Mbiokporo cantonment,...
Troops repel attack on Kaduna community, neutralise 2 terrorists
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Operation Forest Sanity have thwarted a terrorists’ attack on Saulawa community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of...
Troops neutralise 5 terrorists, 44 surrender in Borno
The Nigerian Army said its troops have in a series of coordinated counter-insurgency operations neutralised five terrorists, while 44 others surrendered to the troops...
Troops neutralise 125 terrorists, rescue 140 victims in 1 week –...
The Defence Headquarters said troops eliminated 125 terrorists, apprehended 200 others and rescued 140 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the...
Troops eliminate 11 ISWAP terrorists in Sambisa forest – Army
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for special clearance operation in Sambisa Forest, have eliminated 11 Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists.
The...
