Tag: Nigerian soldiers
Nigerian forces avert suicide attacks, in raids of Boko Haram hideouts
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A dawn raid on members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Saturday claimed…
Reports: Boko Haram may have killed 35 Nigerian soldiers
Thirty-five bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Damaturu, Yobe state, in Nigeria’s restive northeast after…
Nigerian army denies losing many men to Boko Haram
A Nigerian military strike on a Boko Haram camp in the country’s northeast last week left about 150 militants and…
Mali: Nigerian troops withdrawal begins today
Nigeria will today begin withdrawal of some of its troops from Mali because they are needed back home, where the…
Soldiers, Boko Haram In Fierce Battle
Nigerian soldiers have begun an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists, raiding camps in a remote northeastern park, while more than…
Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram…
Nigerian soldiers restrict access to genocide town of Baga
Rescue workers on Tuesday struggled to reach a remote Nigerian town where the military was restricting access after fierce clashes…
Jonathan orders probe of Baga Massacre
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties in the shooting war…
14 terror suspects killed in Easter day raid
Nigerian Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano on…
2 Nigerian soldiers killed in an ambush
Suspected pirates attacked an Indian-owned oil barge Tuesday, killing two soldiers and wounding two civilians in an ambush in Nigeria’s…
Jonathan: Nigerian soldiers stay in Mali until crisis over
Nigeria will keep troops in Mali for as long as it takes to resolve the crisis and restore peace and…
Nigeria: 2 Mali bound soldiers killed, 5 wounded
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and five others injured Saturday in an explosion in Okene city in Nigeria’s central Kogi…
Nigerian Soldiers Torture P.M.NEWS Cameraman
Yet-to-be identified Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested and tortured a photo journalist with TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS publications, Habeeb Ogunbadejo, under the Obalende…
Nigerian paratroopers depart for Mali
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Air force contingent made up 69 Paratroopers and Seven officers departed for the crisis-ridden West African…
Nigeria, others set to send troops to Mali
The first troops from a regional West African force were bound for Mali on Tuesday to shore up a five-day…
Nigerian commander, Air Force tech staff in Mali
Nigeria has sent an air force technical team and the commander of a planned African-led force to Mali to assist…
14 killed as Nigerian soldiers battle militants
Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an…
4 militants, one cop killed in troop raid
Nigerian soldiers killed four suspected extremists and lost one policeman in the latest crackdown on the Boko Haram sect in…
Nigerian soldiers patrol bereaved Kaduna city
Nigerian troops were out on the streets of the volatile northern city of Kaduna on Sunday to prevent any outbreak…
Alleged murderer of General Shuwa killed
Nigeria’s military on Thursday claimed to have killed a Boko Haram commander behind the recent high-profile assassination of a retired…
Nigerian soldiers massacre 40 in Maiduguri
No fewer than forty people have been summarily executed by Nigerian soldiers in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The soldiers,…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…
Army in revenge killings after patrol vehicle bombed
Nigerian soldiers indiscriminately fired on residents of Maiduguri, Borno state Monday, killing several people, after a bomb blast targetted an…
Debate: Should Nigerian military officers retire at 70?
The Nigerian Army says it has begun the process of reviewing upward to 70 years, the retirement age for its…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
11 Boko Haram members arrested
Eleven members of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested by Nigerian soldiers after a raid in Biu, a southern…
7 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gun battle
Suspected members of Boko Haram ,the Islamist extremist group and Nigerian soldiers exchanged gun fire in a battle in Maiduguri…
5 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram’s bomber
Forty eight hours after a failed suicide bombing failed to hit a high profile target in Damaturu, Yobe state, another…
Soldiers Kill 200 Boko Haram Members
Ben Adaji/Jalingo At least 200 Boko Haram members have been killed since the renewed attack on the group by security…
Bandits kill 2 soldiers in an ambush
Two Nigerian soldiers have been shot dead by suspected armed robbers while escorting workers salary of Guzamala Local Government Council in Borno…