Tag: mercenaries
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“We do not need mercenaries to flush out terrorists, we need equipment “- CDS Musa declares
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Christopher Musa, has said that Nigeria did not need the services of mercenaries to counter the activities of terrorists and bandits in the country. Speaking on Friday, in an interview monitored on a news channel, Musa expressed confidence in the ability of the Nigerian Armed Forces to win…
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Russia’s Wagner recovers bodies of mercenaries killed in Mali
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said that its fighters had recovered the bodies of its mercenaries killed in a July battle with Tuareg rebels and Islamists during a desert sandstorm in Mali. Mali, where military authorities seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, is battling a years-long Islamist insurgency.
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Putin, Mercenaries and African Democracy – By Chidi Amuta
In the dying months of the Buhari administration, an upsurge in terrorist activities in the Nigerian North East led to a resurgence of the debate as to whether Nigeria needed to engage foreign mercenaries in its war against jihadist terrorists in the country
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Hiring of mercenaries: You don’t have such powers – Ozekhome tells El-Rufai
Constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has lampooned Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai over his threat to use mercenaries to combat terrorists, saying he has no such constitutional powers. Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), described el-Rufai’s threat as a no-brainer as only the Federal Government, in this case, the President, has the constitutional power…
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Senator Gobir must stop invading Nigeria with foreign mercenaries – Forum
The North-West Good Governance and Security Forum (NW-GSF) has warned the lawmaker representing Sokoto East, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, to quit invading Nigeria with foreign mercenaries. The group’s reprimand trails Gobir’s claims that he and his people now turn to Nigerien troops for protection against bandits. “ Whenever there is an attack, immediately we inform the…