A civil war veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (rtd), says he cannot allow his children to join the Nigerian Army, decrying what he ...
Nasiru Salami, a 76-year-old civil war veteran, shares his concerns about the poor treatment of retired Nigerian Army personnel, highlighting unpaid war bonuses.
Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a ...
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. U Thant, is reported to have said, in connection with Vietnam, that in war, the first casuality is truth. The Nigerian civil war is today another ...
The success being recorded in the fight against banditry and the Lakurawa sect in the North-West have boosted the confidence ...
The army says Nigerian soldiers have killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast and attac ...
Nigerians celebrate January 15 of every year as Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD). Also known simply as Remembrance Day, it ...
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has emphasized the need for a more proactive and decisive approach to combat banditry in the country, ...
"Will this lead to a full-blown war in Africa? It certainly has the potential ... asserted that an unnamed foreign country had aggressive plans against Niger. On July 30, at a summit in the ...
A local mayor and his driver have been arrested in a desert in northern Niger with more than 200kg (440lbs) of cocaine in their vehicle, police say. The two suspects, who have not been named ...
RABAT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan ...
By NICK DAZANG For compelling reasons, January 15 is seared in our memory. This is because it is the date officially set aside to celebrate the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the day designated to ...