What Wike told Nigerian Army’s fact-finding panel on alleged political interference

Nigeria's army releases nearly 1,000 inmates that it had detained for up to four years after clearing them of having links to the Boko Haram jihadist group. A total of 983 people incarcerated in a military facility in the northeast city of Maiduguri were handed over to civilian officials for "rehabilitation and integration".

Nigerian army affirms support for social media bill.

Wadume: Court orders Nigerian Army to produce indicted officers for arraignment

There is a special battalion in the Nigerian Army made up of soldiers who have proven they can hold their own in combat. They are part of an elite all-women corps known as the NAWC – the Nigerian Army Women Corps.⁣

Today, on ‘Inside Stuff,’ multi-award-winning columnist and Executive Head of The Guardian's Editorial Board, Martins Oloja speaks on the detention of Pilots by the governor of Rivers State, Wike. Stating that, Nigerian workers flying into the city to do their jobs shouldn’t have led to them being detained.⁣ ⁣

In Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, unidentified security personnel stormed the home of former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joi Nunieh.⁣ ⁣ Their bid to pick up the former NDDC boss without an arrest warrant was however thwarted by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike who came to her rescue before whisking her away to the safety of Government House, Port Harcourt.⁣

About 380 Nigerian soldiers fighting insurgency in the North-east and other theatres of operation have reportedly written to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt,-Gen Tukur Buratai, for voluntary retirement.

18 Nigerian Army Generals test positive for Covid -19

Nigerian Army tests capability of officers to occupy strategic positions

The Nigerian Army on Monday laid to rest, the remains of Captain Adeolu Adedayo and eleven other soldiers killed by bandits in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State.

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The Nigerian Army has inducted 6,404 personnel and dedicated hospital in honour of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru.