Calabar, Nigeria – Soldiers of the Nigerian Army numbering seven have allegedly beat up a University of Calabar (UNICAL) student for wearing tinted hair. Converseer reports that the soldiers led by one Sgt Maria Okoi also manhandled the 19-year-old female student from the Department of Botany, for responding to questions with good English. The incident…
Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu on Friday led the nation in tears in paying final respects to the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, who was laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. Vice President Kashim Shettima, top government officials, senior military officers, and members of the…
So far, we’ve dug out a list of Chiefs of Army Staff who died in office in Nigeria and they are three. Below are the details: 1. Major General Joseph Akahan (August 1967) Joseph Akahan, a 30-year-old Army Chief, died in a helicopter crash while returning to Makurdi from his hometown of Gboko. 2. Lieutenant…
The full list of shortlisted candidates for Army SSC Course 48/2025 recruitment is out. According to a release by the Military Secretary (Army), Maj. Gen. OJ Agbor, the Nigerian Army is pleased to inform the general public that the underlisted successful candidates for Short Service Combatant (SSC) Course 48/2025 Selection Board are to report to…
The Nigerian Army wishes to inform the general public that the online registration for 88 Regular Recruit Intake Exercise for Trades/Non-Trades Men and Women has commenced for all interested and qualified candidates. This was contained by a release signed by Major General OJ Agbor, Chief of Administration (Army) for the Chief of Army Staff, on…
Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has inaugurated a 70,000 litre, solar-powered water project in Alesi, in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River, in a bid to foster a civil-military relationship in the nation. The inauguration which was carried out on Monday in Alesi community was a Special Intervention Civil-Military…
Over 20 people have been reportedly killed as soldiers clash with youths in Zaki Biam, headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Converseer learned that the incident happened on Thursday following the unrest that started on Wednesday after over 11 people were killed on Tuesday night by local bandits in the area. According…
Brig.-Gen. Muftau Ibrahim, the Commander, 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Calabar, has urged the media to adequately report the successes of the military in the fight against insurgency. Ibrahim made the call in Calabar on Wednesday when the leadership and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River Council, visited him. The commander who…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus Duniya, on Tuesday, 3rd June 2024, the incident occurred on Sunday, 2nd…
A Team from AHQ DCMA, led by the CCMA, Maj Gen NC Ugbo, held the sensitisation workshops for NA personnel at 9 Bde Ikeja, 35 Arty Bde Abeokuta and Nigerian Army training schools within Lagos from 21st to 25th May 2024. The CCMA was received by the various Comds at the different locations. In his…
