Tag: Civilians
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Banditry: NAF dares Zamfara monarchs to show pictures, corpses of dead civilians
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reacted to allegations that its stings against rampaging bandits in Zamfara were on innocent civilians, challenging anyone with evidence that civilians were targeted during its recent strikes to produce evidence. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made the request in a statement on Friday…
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How JTF rescued two soldiers, 4 civilians in Rivers kidnappers den
Troops of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, say they have rescued two abducted soldiers and four civilians from a kidnappers’ den. The OPDS, with headquarters in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, also said the troops found human skulls and bones during the raid on the kidnappers’ camp in…
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UN condemns deadly attacks on civilians in Borno
The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, on Tuesday condemned the deadly attacks targeting innocent civilians in Konduga, Banki and Ngala areas of Borno. Kallon expressed this view in a statement by Biodun Banire, Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday in Abuja He said that four…
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Boko Haram: 48 corpses of slain soldiers, civilians arrive Maiduguri
Forty-eight corpses of persons killed by Boko Haram insurgents during an oil exploration to the Lake Chad Basin have been brought to the Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in the Borno State capital. Sources at the UMTH and the Maimalari Army Barrack told newsmen that the corpses were brought into Maiduguri from the scene of the attack.…