While the military may appear to keep straight face over the matter, it was reliably gathered that the budget estimation for the entire Armed Forces did not go down well […] The dreaded terrorist group, the Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP) commonly known as Boko Haram reportedly ambushed the men of the Nigerian Army advancing in the dreaded Alagarno forest – Timbuktu triangle area, leading to multiple deaths and vehicles captured, including an up-gunned Kia KIA KLTV181 APC delivered only this year. 19 war vehicles have been refurbished by the Nigerian Army Armour Corps (NAAC) ready to be used by its troops engaged in the ongoing fight against terrorism particularly in … Admin Jun 29, 2018. The Nigerian Army Chief, Lt Gen TY Buratai was at the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, Nigerian Army Armour School and 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi on Wednesday the 3rd of June, 2020 where he assessed ongoing VT4 Main Battle Tank Training in which 155 officers and soldiers are undergoing training for competent commanders, crew men, drivers and technicians. Already, there was 23 Brigade in Yola, Adamawa State, 21 Brigade in Maiduguri and 22 Brigade in Ilorin, all armoured brigades which would form the new 7th Division of the Nigerian Army. According to a […] OBINNA EZUGWU The Nigerian Army has approved new postings and appointments of its senior officers with new General Officers Commanding, new Principal Staff Officers and new Corps Commanders announced. PRESS RELEASE: NIGERIAN ARMY DAY CELEBRATION 2018. by Agency ... while Maj.Gen. 10,977 were here. INSPECTS MILITARY HARDWARE RENOVATION WORKS IN 33 BRIGADE SHADAWANKA BARRACKS BAUCHI (Army Press Release) The Nigerian Army Chief, Lt Gen TY Buratai was at the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, Nigerian Army Armour School and 33 Artillery Brigade Bauchi on Wednesday the 3rd of June, 2020 where he assessed ongoing VT4 Main Battle Tank Training in which … 1. The 3rd Armoured Division with Headquarters in Jos, Plateau State is a division of the Nigerian Army created during the civil war in August–September 1967, the same time that 1 Area Command at Kaduna was renamed 1 Infantry Division and 2 Division was created when Colonel Murtala Mohammed was the officer in charge. On the Armoured Corps, the army chief said it was capital intensive that would require special intervention funds which only the National Assembly could provide. According to him, the Nigerian Army has acquired two helicopters toward the actualisation of its Aviation wing. The Nigerian Army will mark this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) from 29 … The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has tasked officers and men of Nigerian Army Armoured Corps to be bold and courageous in tackling … Major shake-up in Nigerian Army as 37 generals redeployed. Nigerian Army armoured Corp is the iron sights We have many equipment and arms we … Earlier in his address, Commandant, Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, Bauchi, Maj-Gen. James had said the training was an annual event interchangeably being hosted by the Armoured Corps and Infantry. The N100 billion budget estimation for the Nigerian Armed Forces in the 2020 Budget is already raising dust among the military echelon, this paper reports.