Tag: soldiers
-
No fewer than 20 soldiers killed in northern Afghanistan
At least 20 soldiers were killed in an overnight Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s northern province of Jawzjan, officials said on Tuesday. At least two other soldiers disappeared following the attack on a military base in the Aqchah district of the province. A member of parliament representing the province, Mohammad Karim Jawzjani, and provincial council member…
-
Killing of nine soldiers: Matawalle summons emergency meeting with Fulani leaders
Zamfara Government has summoned an emergency meeting with Fulani leaders over attack on an outpost in which nine soldiers were killed in Sunke village of Anka local government area. Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bello Matawalle on Security Matters, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, told newsmen in Gusau on Saturday that the meeting was to forestall future…
-
Gunmen invade Zamfara community, kill nine soldiers
Suspected gunmen on Thursday killed nine soldiers in Sunke village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state. According to a report by The Nation, the dozens of unidentified gunmen arrived on motorcycles, firing at the soldiers and policemen stationed at the community. Sunke community is just 30 km south of Anka town, the local…
-
Kidnappings: Soldiers should travel by road not rail – Senate
By Emman Ovuakporie, Abuja … insist they should travel by road …raise alarm over kidnappers issuing notice to residents Disturbed by the spate of kidnappings in the country, the Senate wants soldiers to stop travelling by rail to Kaduna from Abuja since Kidnappers don’t attack them. It said kidnappers and bandits have taken over major…
-
Two soldiers killed, 20 others injured in road accident
At least two Tanzanian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday after their vehicle veered off the road and overturned in the East African nation’s Southern highland region of Katavi, said an official. The Katavi region acting medical officer, Lameck Mdengo, said the vehicle carrying army officers with the Tanzania People’s Defense Forces…
-
Bandits to Masari: Soldiers, policemen fueling kidnapping, banditry in Katsina
Repentant bandits on Wednesday told Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari that some soldiers and policemen are fueling banditry and kidnapping in the state in return for monetary gain. They warned that unless the security operatives stopped their activities and extortion of money and cattle from them, the situation in the state would not change. The…
-
JUST IN: ISWAP militants attack Nigerian soldiers in Baga, Benishiek
Islamic State militants have launched attacks on Nigerian troop positions in Baga and Benishiek, in Borno state. However it is unclear the casualties recorded on the Nigerian side. Even ISWAP was unsure about the damage it claimed it inflicted. Reuters said ISWAP claimed on its Amaq news agency that it killed or wounded more than…
-
Army probes stolen N400m by 5 soldiers
Lieutenant Audu Arihu, spokesman for the 8 Division Nigerian Army in Sokoto, has confirmed the theft of N400 million, not billions, by some lower-ranked soldiers in July. He also said investigations have commenced. He identified the runaway soldiers as Corporal Gabriel Oluwaniyi, Corporal Mohammed Aminu, Corporal Haruna, Oluji Joshua and Hayatudeen. Reports said military authorities…
-
JUST IN: Boko Haram kills Colonel, five soldiers in Borno
An Army colonel, a captain and his four escorts, as well as driver, have been killed by rampaging Boko Haram insurgents between Mainok and Jakana along Damaturu/Maiduguri highway. Sources revealed the Colonel and his convoy ran into some fleeing insurgents after a heavy gunfire exchange with soldiers at Jakana in an attack that lasted for…
-
Unknown gunmen kill 2 soldiers, kidnap expatriate at project site
Unidentified gunmen have killed two soldiers and abducted an expatriate at the road construction site in Ukanafun council area of Akwa Ibom. The incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon as the expatriate engineer working with Al madal construction company was inspecting the construction of Ikot Ibritam, Inen Ekeffe and Odoro Ikot to…