A former Director General of the Defence Industries Corporation, and first Nigerian to produce a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle— EZUGWU MRAP, which was named after him, Major General Victor ...

As Nigeria continues to battle threats from insurgency, banditry, and cross-border terrorism, a security expert, Dr. Bright Echefu, has disclosed that Nigeria now produces military-grade bombs, drones ...

Nigeria endured a two-and-a-half-year civil war between 1967 and 1970 after a disaffected military officer declared the independence of a region of southeast Nigeria, which he called Biafra.

Nigerian military disorganized, under-equipped in battle against Boko Haram By Nic Robertson , CNN Senior International Correspondent 4 minute read ...

Lt. Col. Tony Nyiam (retd.), who is one of the leaders of the foiled April 22, 1990, coup against the military regime of ...

Since gaining independence in 1960, Nigeria has suffered waves of political instability, including at least half a dozen coups, decades of military rule, and a civil war (1967–1970) that claimed ...

The Battle for Nigeria. 15 minute read. By Aryn Baker/Abuja. February 5, ... The Nigerian government’s military campaign against the Islamist militants of Boko Haram began in 2009, ...

The BBC's Martin Patience gains a rare access to north-eastern Nigeria - the epicentre of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency - joining the army on patrol.

Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London on 13 July aged 82, was one of two former military heads of state who were later elected as civilian presidents. Buhari was the ...

The Nigerian military has been running a secret mass abortion program since 2013 NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Reuters Africa correspondent ... the dire situation of living in the bush and the war.