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…