Mustapha Bagudu, THEWILL

SAN FRANCISCO, January 11, (THEWILL) - The Army has arrested a wanted Boko Haram member, Babagana Abubakar (aka Alagarno) at Bulabulim Ngarnam community on the outskirt of Maiduguri. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the army spokesman, said in a statement on Friday...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Tukur Buratai, has inaugurated the 63 Brigade Nigerian Army and flaged-off operation Egwu Eke (Python Dance), in Asaba, Delta. Buratai, represented by Jamil Sarham, a major general and General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division,...

The Nigerian Army says it has repelled attacks from some criminal gangs and militia operating across communities in Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba states recovering some arms. Adeyemi Yekini, a major general and Commander of “Operation Whirl Stroke” in Nasarawa, said...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 10, (THEWILL) -  Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have opened the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Potiskum road to motorists in Borno and Yobe states. Its spokesman, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, announced the opening of the 232-kilometre road in a statement in...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 09, (THEWILL) -President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated an advisory technical committee on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. The responsibility of the committee is to advise the Federal government on new source funds and ways to...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 08, (THEWILL) - Gunmen on Monday failed in their attempt to abduct a former judge, who is the District Head of Malumfashi and Galadiman Katsina, Mamman Nasir. Nasir, ex-president of the Court of Appeal, is said to...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 08, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army said on Monday that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have neutralised over 100 Boko Haram Terrorists in coordinated massive attacks personally led by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen....

BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) - The Air Force arm of the military operation against Boko Haram last night said it has destroyed gun trucks belonging to the Boko Haram terrorists and neutralised some of the insurgents in an attack. Its...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) - Following the recent directive by Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan Ali, that Operation Lafiya Dole be reorganised for effective results, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has appointed new operational...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 06, (THEWILL) - Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Defence, has stated that the bandits terrorising Zamfara villages could have links with the Boko Haram insurgent group. He said the federal government has not ruled out the infiltration of Boko...