Tag: soldiers
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Metele: Atiku, PDP playing ‘desperate politics’ with soldiers’ deaths – APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of being insensitive and playing desperate politics with the blood of soldiers killed in the Melete attacks. The ruling party also said the allegations by the opposition PDP that military funds had been diverted to finance its 2019 election campaigns was a…
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Soldiers’ killing: Buhari cancels Edo visit for Borno on Wednesday
Sequel to the recent killings of some soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his scheduled trip to Edo State to visit Borno State on Wednesday. This was revealed on Monday by the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, said on Twitter. He wrote, “President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his…
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Boko Haram: Nigeria soldiers release video, lament obsolete weapons, accuse commanders of corruption
Some soldiers in the Nigerian Army deployed for the anti-Boko Haram operations have allegedly accused top commanders of leading them to ‘Boko Haram slaughter’ armed with obsolete weapons while diverting the funds meant to procure better arms. According to Premium Times, the soldiers made these allegations in a hazy video, taken from a camera phone,…
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Soldiers’ killings: Buhari summons service chiefs, sends Defence Minister to Chad
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday summoned Service Chiefs over the recent alleged killing of 44 Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram Insurgents. The president also sent the Minister of Defence, Brig.Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to neighbouring Chad Republic as part of moves to unravel the mystery behind the gruesome killing of the soldiers by the insurgents. According…
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Breaking: Army break silence on slained soldiers, remain mute on casualty figures
The Nigeria Army (NA) has finally broken silence about the attack by Boko Haram insurgents on 157 Task Force Battalion defensive location at Metele. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Boko Haram insurgents unleashed terror on the Army defensive location at Metele in Guzamala local government area of Borno State, leaving scores of soldiers dead. While the media…
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Several dead as Shi’ites clash with soldiers, police in Abuja [Videos]
There was pandemonium in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), yesterday when members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) overpowered police operatives who had been preventing them from gaining access into Abuja and engaged troops of the Guards Brigade in a shootout. In the process, an unspecified number of persons were said to have…
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Six soldiers killed in roadside explosion
Police said six Somali soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion near Somali’s southern town of Wanlaweyn on Wednesday evening. Police officer who did not want to be named told Xinhua on Thursday that the forces were on their way to Baledogle Airport in Lower Shabelle region in Southern Somalia. “The soldiers died after…
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‘How Nigerian soldiers rape girls in IDP camps in exchange for food’
London based human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), says Nigerian soldiers and Civilian JTF members take turns to rape girls and women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in exchange for food. Millions of Nigerians in war ravaged north east States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have been fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency which began…
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Troops killed 25 herdsmen in Benue
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday said 35 armed herdsmen were shot dead in Gwer, Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State during an encounter with troops on Saturday. The military said the armed herdsmen were killed by the air force’s Mi-35 attack helicopter in the clash. The herdsmen were said to have…
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Herdsmen kill soldiers, kidnap two in Benue
No fewer than five soldiers have been reportedly killed and two others kidnapped after suspected herdsmen clashed with some personnel in Logo LGA of Benue State, yesterday. The attackers also burnt down Army patrol vehicles during the clash. It was gathered that the herdsmen had wanted to attack a village in Logo but where foiled…