Tag: soldiers
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Three soldiers, seven ISWAP fighters feared killed in Damboa Village attack
Three soldiers and seven members of the factional Boko Haram sect were feared dead on Tuesday evening in Kwamdi Village of Gumsuri Ward, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, local sources said on Wednesday. A top military source told newsmen the fighters arrived in the evening to fight the soldiers’ position in order to…
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Soldiers kill DSS operative in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Police Command have confirmed the killing of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) by three soldiers. The Spokesman of the Police Command, Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, described the killing as unfortunate and mindless. Abutu said the gory incident occurred on Friday evening at a hotel located…
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Boko Haram terrorists attack Borno town, kill residents, two soldiers
An attack by Boko Haram terrorists has left some residents killed in Ajiri town in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed the attack on the town in a statement on Monday, but he did not give the actual number of locals killed by the terrorists. He…
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Gunmen in white bus assassinate two soldiers, one civilian at Ebonyi checkpoint
There seem to be unease in Ebonyi State, following the murder of two soldiers and a civilian at a checkpoint in the State. The sad incident which happened on Monday night, showed that unknown gunmen shot the two soldiers and the civilian at a checkpoint on the Timber Junction area, in the Afikpo North Local…
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Killing of soldiers in accidental air strike under investigation – Air Force
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said it is currently investigating the reports of alleged killing of over 20 Nigerian Army personnel in an air strike at Mainok, which is about 55km to Maiduguri, Borno State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports some visuals surfaced on the Internet on Monday of how NAF by accident in an air…
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Gunmen attack Rivers checkpoint; kill policemen, soldiers
Gunmen have attacked military and police checkpoints along the Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State. It was gathered the gunmen, who launched the attacks around 8 pm on Saturday, killed four policemen and two soldiers. Details soon…
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Buhari displeased, saddened over killing of soldiers in Benue – Magashi
President Muhammadu Buhari is displeased and saddened over the killings of 11 soldiers in Bonta Village, Konshisha Local Government Area Benue. The Minister of Defence, rtd Gen. Bashir Magashi, made this known on Thursday when he led Service Chiefs and other top military officers on a visit to Gov. Samuel Ortom at the Benue Peoples…
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Saudi Arabia executes three soldiers
Saudi Arabian authorities said Saturday that they executed three soldiers after they were convicted on charges of high treason. The Defence Ministry named the three in a statement and said they were found guilty of collaborating with an unspecified enemy of the monarchy and harming its military interests, state news agency SPA reported. The convicts…
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5 former soldiers handed life sentences
A court in Ankara on Wednesday sentenced five former senior soldiers to life in prison over their links to the failed 2016 coup by a military faction. The five were convicted of violating the constitution, among other charges, according to state broadcaster TRT. Two of them were separately convicted of attempted assassination of the president.…
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Bandits kill five soldiers, one NSCDC officer in fresh attacks on Niger communities
Seven persons including five military officers and one Civil Defence Officer have been feared killed in a bandit attack on five communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to a report by Channels Television, ten other persons were kidnapped with seven motorcycles stolen and military vehicles burnt down in the attack carried…