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10 Nigerian soldiers killed in another ambush – Report

Jihadists have killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near the town of Marte in the Lake Chad region, two security sources said Wednesday. READ ALSO: Troops rescue 12 hostages from Boko Haram Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province carrying machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades on Tuesday opened fire on a military convoy […]

Metele Attack: Buhari group accuses PDP, Atiku of ‘dancing on our heroes’ graves’

Arise, AIT, Channels escalated violence, NBC sanction was right — BMO

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for what it described as their scant regard for human lives, and for playing politics with the death of Nigerian soldiers in battle. The group in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary […]

PDP demands NASS investigation on killing of soldiers

…Says presidency condoning extra-judicial killing in Kwara The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to immediately commence an extensive investigation into alleged compromises that led to the killing of over 100 Nigerian soldiers by insurgents, particularly as the Buhari Presidency has refused to come forth with explanations on the issue. The PDP […]

Dead soldiers: Ezekwesili seeks release of figures, commiserates with families

The Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has lamented the killing of Nigerian soldiers by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, saying that such does not speak well of the country’s internal security apparatus. The presidential candidate, in a press statement to commiserate with families of the deceased on Sunday, […]

Group seeks probe of alleged sexual abuse on IDPs

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Again the Nigeria army under the leadership of General Turkur Burutai, has come under heavy criticism championed by a group of human right watchers under the aegis of Access to Justice (AJ), who had described the Federal Government dismissal of Amnesty International reports of sexual abuse of the IDPs by the Nigerian soldiers as knee-jerking. […]

Foreign Boko Haram terrorist captured, 15 killed

A Boko Haram terrorist suspected to be a foreigner has been captured by Nigerian troops in Rann, Borno State. The suspect not yet identified by Nigerian military authorities, was among the ban of terrorists that staged an attack on Rann, the location of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp, that was accidentally hit by Nigerian Air […]

Kogi Gov seeks better welfare for Nigerian soldiers

Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on the Federal Government to pay greater attention to the welfare of Nigerian soldiers on active service and families of fallen soldiers.Alhaji Bello made the call while on a condolence visit to the immediate family of the late Lt. Col Muhammad Abu Ali in Kaduna on Sunday. […]

Scores Die As Army Raids Communities In Plateau

  Nigerian soldiers carried out a raid on Sunday in some communities in central Plateau state suspected of housing militiamen killing several people in the process. “Following frequent attacks on communities around the Plateau-Taraba border by some militiamen, we carried out an operation to flush out members of these murderous gangs,” Captain Ikedichi Iweha of […]