The first edition of the Abuja Female Barracks Youth Championship 2018 has commenced at the Sport Complex in Mogadishu Cantonment Abuja. The Female Youth Championship which is being organized by the D ...

The Defence Headquarters wishes to respond to a trending video clip and story alleging that the soldiers fighting BOKO HARAM terrorists beg for food and sleep in classrooms. There is  nothing farther ...

The Defence Headquarters wishes to state that the Nigerian Armed Forces is concerned about mischievous reports in certain media aimed at discrediting the efforts of the troops in the North East.  A re ...

I am most delighted and honoured to be in your midst this morning to witness the commissioning of these 6 Fast Patrol Craft and 10 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBS), which are about to be inducted i ...

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 C ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, Monday played host to a delegation of the United States National Disclosure Policy Committee (USNDPC) who are on a familiarization ...

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has appealed to the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), manufacturers of the A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft, to expedite action on the d ...

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 milita ...

Major General Chikezie Ude has assumed duty as the new Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). At a ceremony today at the Headquarters of the MNJTF in N'Djamena, Major General Ude tha ...

The Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Abba Dikko has charged troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in North Eastern Nigeria to remain professional in the conduct of the ongoing Counter ...

Brigadier General Johnson Orefin has assumed duty as the new Commander of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Garrison. He took over from Major General H O Otiki at a brief ceremony held Thursday, 2nd Augu ...

The President, Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE), Professor Elizabeth Eke has expressed the Association’s readiness to partner with Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to promote quality educational system i ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has reassured the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) that the Armed Forces would remain committed and supportive in achievi ...

The Nigerian Army has embarked on a medical outreach for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State as part of activities to mark this year's Nigerian Army Da ...

  On the 28th June 2018, the chairman of Nasarawa State branch of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) accused OPERATION Whirl Stroke (OPSW) of extra judicial killing of ...

Participants of the Course 2, Army War College have been charged to develop Leadership capacity to enable them effectively manage human and other resources in future tasks and assignments. The Theatre ...

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 ...

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 categor ...

  1. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai on Thursday 14 June 2018, flagged off Operation LAST HOLD in Monguno Borno State to officially mark the commencement of the ...

  The Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), has empowered 200 women and youths during its  just concluded Skills Acquisition Programme at Ode-Ekiti, Headquarters Gbonyi local G ...