archiveLieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni

 Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers operating under 81 Division NA have gallantly prevented a suicide attempt by one Mrs. Francesca Spark who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos in an attempt to take her own life. However, troops of 65 Battalion NA deployed at the Officers' Mess, who sighted Mrs. Spark quickly used their military ingenuity and rescued her. She was given first aid and stabilised by the battalion medical team. After stabilisation, the family was contacted and she was handed over to her husband,...

...AS ARMY BEGINS DISPOSAL AT AJILETE RANGE By Okosun Dennis Two weeks after bomb experts drawn from the Nigerian Army Engineers began "Exercise Clean Sweep'' at the epicentre of the 2002 bomb blast, 479 Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) have been recovered, People and Power Magazine online exclusively reports. However, a statement from the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni on Tuesday disclosed that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, will on Friday flag off the disposal of recovered UXOs...

Following the stabbing to death of a civilian driver allegedly carried out by some faceless soldiers under the 81 Division, Nigerian Army's (NA) jurisdiction, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Maj Gen MT Usman, has instituted an investigative panel to unravel the faces of the soldiers and possible prosecution. It was learnt that the driver identified as Mr. Lawal was killed by some persons in military uniform on the night of 17th August 2023, around the Iyana Ipaja axis, and went away with his Tokunbo car after he was stopped along...