Tag: Military Base
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U.S. reacts to plan to establish military base in Nigeria
The United States government on Friday said that it was not planning the establishment of any military base in Nigeria. Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Ekman, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), West Africa Coordination
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Our Father, this Africa Day, liberate us from military bases – By Owei Lakemfa
OUR Father, we your children in Africa come to you this day, the eve of the May 25, Africa Liberation Day. We have been enslaved and colonised. We have survived the genocide of our traducers who in Congo
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Evicted French, American troops must not be accommodated in Nigeria – Shehu Sani
Civil rights activist and social critic Shehu Sani has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against accommodating French and American troops on Nigerian soil. Posting on X, the former Kaduna Central Senator wrote: “The French forces and American troops
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French military bases in Mali to close for 6 months, says Macron
France will conduct closures of its military bases in Mali for an expected period of four to six months, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Paris said that Canada, France, and its allies in the European mission Takuba decided to begin coordinated withdrawal of troops from Mali due to disagreements.…
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ISWAP fighters attack military base in Borno, engage soldiers in gun duel
Suspects fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Saturday, November 13, 2021, attacked a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. According to Daily Trust, some civilians had sighted the fighters in a long convoy of gun trucks along Ngude axis towards Askira this morning before they attacked…
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Bandits attack military base in Sokoto, many feared dead, injured
Bandits have attacked a joint military camp in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Sokoto State
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Boko Haram attacks Yobe community, burns military base, school, healthcare centre
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday attacked Katarko community in Gujba Local Government Council of Yobe State. According to a report by Channels Television, the insurgents also burnt down a primary school and a healthcare centre located in the community. Confirming the attack, a resident Fantami Kura told said the gunmen stormed…
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Army debunks report of bandits’ attack on military base in Katsina
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of bandits’ attack on its base and killing of soldiers at Marina in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Saturday described the report as false and unsubstantiated. Yerima said the report in a newspaper publication…
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80 terrorists, 31 women killed in attack on military base
A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women. Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists were also killed, in the double attack on a military base and Arbinda town in Soum province. . It was one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in…
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Bandits attack Nigerian military base, reportedly kill 11 soldiers
Some armed bandits on Tuesday nights attacked a Nigerian military detachment at Kamfanin Doka, along Funtua road in Birnin Gwari Local government Area of Kaduna State. According to a report by Premium Times, eleven soldiers were reportedly killed in the attack. A former chairman of the local government who pleaded not to be identified because…