Tag: soldiers
Bandits kill 10 Nigerian, Nigerien soldiers
Ten troops have been killed on Niger’s border with Nigeria in a joint operation by the two countries against “bandits”,…
12 Nigerian soldiers killed in fighting with Boko Haram terrorists
At least 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed and dozens of others are missing after fighting with Boko Haram terrorists in…
Metele: Army buries 19 soldiers
The Nigerian Army on Friday buried 19 soldiers among those who lost their lives in an attack by Boko Haram…
Soldiers shut controversial Rivers Neighborhood Watch camp
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Joint Military Task Force on Thursday stormed the training camp of about 3,000 new recruits of…
Buhari to soldiers: You must eliminate Boko Haram from surface of the earth
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Maiduguri vowed that the war against insurgency and terrorism must be won.
Reps probe $1bn arms procurement, demand release of dead soldiers’ names
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, began investigation into the 1 billion dollar appropriated for procurement of arms and equipment…
Killing of 44 soldiers avoidable if service chiefs didn’t attend Buhari’s re-election campaign – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said the killing of 44 soldiers could have…
Buhari meets security chiefs over soldiers’ killing
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday presided over meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the…
Buhari sends Defence Minister to Chad over Soldiers’ killing
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an emergency meeting with…
Senate adjourns in honour of 44 soldiers killed by Boko Haram
The Senate on Thursday suspended legislative duties and adjourned sitting until Tuesday in honour of 44 soldiers killed by Boko…
Boko Haram attacks leave 53 soldiers, farmers dead in pre-election show of force
Boko Haram jihadists have killed 53 soldiers and farmers in three days of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said…
3 Soldiers killed, many missing as Boko Haram attacks military base
At least three soldiers were killed and several missing after a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Nigeria’s…
103 soldiers detained over botched coup
Suspected of having links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, 103 Turkish soldiers…
61 Turkish Soldiers detained for suspected Gulen links
Turkish Authorities ordered the arrest of 61 Soldiers from the navy and land forces, including Senior Officers, for suspected links…
Buhari orders soldiers to be ruthless to bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered troops deployed to Katsina to tackle bandits in Zamfara state and be ruthless in carrying…
Soldiers kill 21 herdsmen in Benue
Troops of the Military Operation code-named Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have killed 21 suspected herdsmen along the Gbajimba-Akor-Tomata axis of…
Boko Haram terrorists attack military base, kill 17 soldiers
Boko Haram terrorists have killed 17 soldiers in a fresh attack on a military base in the Borno, Northeast Nigeria.
Zimbabwe buries persons killed by soldiers during protests
The four children of a fruit-seller, Ishmael Kumire, gunned down by Zimbabwean soldiers in post-election violence wept uncontrollably at the…
Election violence: Soldiers patrol Zimbabwe’s capital
Zimbabwean soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital Harare on Thursday as subdued calm returned a day after clashes between…
6 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…
2 soldiers wounded in Bama attack – Commander
Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said that two soldiers were wounded in the ongoing clearance…
320 Nigerian soldiers retire from service
Three hundred and twenty soldiers, who have completed a six-month training at the Nigerian Armed Forces Ressetlement Centre(NAFRC), Oshodi, Lagos,…
Soldiers kill 12 bandits in Kaduna
Troops from 1 Division in Kaduna neutralised 12 bandits on Thursday after a covert operation in some village markets in…
Soldiers invade Police Station in Rivers over killing of colleague
There was heightened tension in the Ada George road axis of Port Harcourt in Rivers State on Thursday as soldiers…
4 shot dead as soldiers, youths clash in Rivers
Four persons have been shot dead and unconfirmed number of others injured in a violent clash between soldiers and youths…
Soldiers, police, NSCDC patrol Abuja over Shi’ites protests
Soldiers, policemen and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are patrolling areas around Transcorp Hilton Hotel,…
Fulani cattle rearers want soldiers deployed to border towns
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Nasarawa State Chapter, have called for the deployment of military to…
Soldiers kill notorious cult leader In Rivers
It has been mass jubilation in Omoku in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni local government and environs in Rivers state as the 6 Division…
Gov. Ikpeazu warns soldiers against extortion of Abia residents
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has warned soldiers deployed in the state to desist from alleged extortion and molestation of…
Soldiers arrest ship with stolen diesel
Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, participating in the on-going Operation Crocodile Smile II, have arrested a barge…