The Army has extended the Exercise Ayem Akpatuma in Taraba by two months to rid the state of militants and other criminal elements. The army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu explained in a statement on Monday in Abuja, that the extension became necessary to further consolidate on the gains achieved so far in the state. Chukwu […]
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Reports from Kaduna indicates that 12 soldiers were killed after some gunmen raided a military base in Kampanin Doka in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. The soldiers were said to be among a detachment of troops deployed to the village to ensure security for expatriates and others working on a new road […]
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Four soldiers, four mobile policemen, and at least three humanitarian workers have been killed in an attack on troops of the 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army Nigerian troops by a large number of Boko Haram terrorists. Six soldiers and four humanitarian workers from the IOM, ICRC, and MSF were also injured. The terrorists, according […]
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The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed five Boko Haram insurgents in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri, that the troops also cleared various enclaves of the insurgents. The Statement: In continuation of […]
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Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, alive or dead. Speaking when he visited soldiers at Camp Zairo, the former command and control centre of the insurgents in Sambisa forest, Buratai said his men have done very well. “Let me say congratulations. […]
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Some men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen engaged men of the 707 special forces brigade of the Nigerian Army, Makurdi, Benue state in a gun battle on Tuesday. The spokesman of the brigade,Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. He said the suspects were plotting to attack a fish farm belonging to […]
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The Brigade Commander, 23rd Armoured Brigade, Yola, Bello Mohammed, said seven policemen and two soldiers lost their lives within the past two months as a result of Numan sectarian crisis involving herdsmen and farmers. Mr. Mohammed, a brigadier general, made this known Thursday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, while addressing a town hall meeting […]
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Soldiers in Côte d’Ivoire’s second largest city looted weapons from the base of an elite military unit overnight before setting it on fire, leaders of the faction said on Wednesday. The soldiers, who were involved in a series of mutinies last year that tarnished the image of Côte d’Ivoire, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, accuse […]
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Scores of civilians and Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly killed yesterday during different attacks in Borno and Yobe states. Witnesses said the first attack was an ambush on firewood mongers in villages around Mafa, the first local government area outskirts of Maiduguri along Dikwa- Gamboru-Ngala-Cameroon Republic road. The second attack was reportedly launched at villages […]
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Less than 24 hours after a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari was published online, Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has said the two months’ allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole, would be paid this week. In a statement issued on his behalf by Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai said the release […]
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