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Nov / 2019
OPERATION SAFE CORRIDOR HANDS OVER 86 BOKO HARAM CHILD FIGHTERS TO BORNO STATE REHABILITATION CENTRE
In an effort to ensure that minors and other repentant Boko Haram fighters in the North East are given the necessary support and opportunity to embrace peace through the auspices of Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC), the outfit has handed over 86 Boko Haram child fighters who voluntarily surrendered to...
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28
Oct / 2019
EKITI FIRST LADY EXTOLS DEPOWA FOR EMPOWERING 300 UNEMPLOYED WOMEN YOUTHS
Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi has lauded the leadership of the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA) for empowering over 300 unemployed women and youths in the state with diverse vocational skills, thereby supporting government’s job creation and poverty allevia...
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28
Oct / 2019
PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMENDS MILITARY ONSLAUGHT AGAINST INSURGENCY, LAUNCHES ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE EMBLEM
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) for gallantry and sacrifices in the ongoing campaign against insurgency which he said has led to the restoration of relative peace and normalcy in the affected parts of the country. The President gave the commenda...
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11
Oct / 2019
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF DEFENCE ON THE 2020 ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATION
It is my honour and privilege to welcome you on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Nigeria to this Press Briefing heralding the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration 2020. The Armed Forces Remembrance Day or Veterans Day as it is called in some countries is a very important...
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30
Aug / 2018
COAS COMMISSIONS PROJECTS AT NIGERIAN ARMY CANTONMENT EKEHUAN
The Chief Of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai yesterday commissioned projects initiated and executed by the Commander 4 Brigade Brig Gen Ibrahim Garba, represented by the Commander Training and Doctrine Command( TRADOC)Maj Gen AA Salihu. The COAS commended the initiative of the...
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22
Aug / 2018
DEPOWA PLANS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE ASSOCIATION
The Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA) plans to institutionalize its activities by paradigm shift from a philanthropist to issue-based Association where matters relating to military and police families would be treated and channeled to appropriate authorities. This was part of...
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27
Jun / 2018
DHQ TO HOLD ARMED FORCES, SECURITY AGENCIES HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP IN ABUJA
The second edition of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Armed Forces and Security Agencies Half Marathon Championship christened “Abuja 2018’’ will hold on Wednesday 30 June 2018 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. With the theme “Racing to Bond” the championship is aimed at promoting participat...
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27
Jun / 2018
NIGERIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY NOT UNDER THREAT
The Defence Headquarters wishes to respond to a report making the round that ISIS has been sending her members to Nigeria to train Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) members. It is pertinent to state categorically that there is no concrete evidence on ground to back their claim. However, it could be recal...
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27
Jun / 2018
PLATEAU VIOLENCE: DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS DEPLOY ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FORCES
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has authorized the deployment of additional Special Forces to Plateau State to beef up the strength of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH).The additional troops which arrived Jos, capital of Plateau State on Monday were received and briefed by t...
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27
Jun / 2018
DEFENCE MINISTER URGES LAKE CHAD BASIN ON STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
The Nigeria Minister of Defence (MOD), Mr Mansur Dan-Ali has urged the Directors of Military Intelligence of the Lake Chad Basin to formulate a robust intelligence strategy that would add impetus to the eradication of terrorism and trans-national crimes in the region. The M...
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