Minister of Defence

Protesters led by the North West Zone and the Arewa Youth Movement (NYCN), on Wednesday, stormed the National Assembly in Abuja to protest the bombing and killing of over 80 people by the Nigerian military. The protesters, who…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, left Abuja to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with a special focus on security. A statement…

Minister of Defence, Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has dissociated himself from a viral online video purportedly showing him hanging an AK-47 riffle. He said the video was nothing but sheer falsehood. Special Assistant on Media and…

Minister of Defence, Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) has said the bandits terorrising the North West and North Central regions of the country are becoming a nuisance. The minister spoke, on Tuesday, after the National Security Council meeting…

Nigeria has signed a Military-Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Russian Federation. Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), who is on an official visit to Russia, signed on behalf of Nigeria, while the Director…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with security chiefs at the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which had in attendance Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and had Minister of Defence, Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi…

A former Minister of Defence, Mr. Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), has said Nigeria needed to recruit one million personnel into its Armed Forces for it tackle insecurity across the country. Adetokunbo said the military was already overburdened…

The United States Army, Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit, on Thursday, February, 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria, on Thursday, to meet with the nation's leaders and further the…

Joy Anyim The remains of the seven Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, killed in Sunday air crash have been laid to rest amidst tears. Our correspondent reports that the burial ceremony, which was conducted in full military honours,…

Days after President Muhammadu Buhari shunned similar invitation by the House of Representatives, the Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs and heads of the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of…