‌Seven soldiers were killed and others wounded or missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the centre of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency, security sources said on Thursday. The troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which borders Mali and Niger, one source said. “The provisional toll
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Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, said on Wednesday that the families of #EndSARS protesters murdered by Nigerian Army in Lekki Lagos are definitely afraid to speak up “because of the type of system we Nigerians operates. According to Falana, who stated this at the “#EndSARS Zoom Meeting Global,” hosted by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore,
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The army has joined the battle to restore security in the country which broke down after the #EndSARS protests were hijacked by hoodlums. Troops will prevent the ongoing looting of public and private properties by miscreants and criminals across the country, the Army High Command decided on Monday. They vowed to remain loyal to President
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No fewer than 7 persons have been killed, others injured in a clash between suspected hoodlums and Army soldiers in Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that the trouble started when some youth, calling for the removal of Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi (Lambeloye III), stormed
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Several persons feared may have died on Thursday night in Oyigbo and other parts of Rivers following a violent clash between security agents and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. It was gathered that about five soldiers and four members of the suspected Indigenous People of Biafra have been feared dead after the
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Angry protesters virtually shutdown Enugu Wednesday taking over some areas in the metropolis in continuation of the nationwide #ENDSARS protest. The protesters who came out in their numbers blocked Abakpa, Nike, Nike Lake and Liberty Roads. Also blocked were NOWAS, Trans Ekulu and Emene areas in the metropolis. Tyres were set on fire and used
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There is currently heavy shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos as #EndSARS protesters defy a governnent curfew to continue their demand for an end to police brutality. Soldiers on Tuesday opened fire on #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of the state on Tuesday. At least one person has been killed and
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At least five students of Holy Ghost Secondary School, Pave Chanchji, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State have been killed by a special force of the Nigerian Army stationed in the community. It was gathered that one Mr Matthew, a teacher in the school, got married to one of his students named Ngufa
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Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of a governor in restive northeast Nigeria, three security said. Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor
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Two soldiers have been killed by gunmen in Abia State.The soldiers attached to 144 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Asa, were on duty at Owaza when the gunmen attacked, killing two of them and injuring others. While their rifles were reportedly taken away by the gunmen, two of the attackers were also killed. A source
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The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers, has said.Last week’s coup, Mali’s second in eight years, followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
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Mali ’s president said Wednesday he had resigned to avoid “bloodshed ” after he was detained in a military coup , whose leaders pledged new elections to resolve a spiralling political crisis in the fragile West African nation . Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’ s government had been beset by months of protests over economic stagnation ,
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The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE on Tuesday in Bayelsa State raided the Pirates/Militants’ camp and Kidnappers’ hideouts, eliminating six criminals. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops, acting on credible intelligence, monitored movements of a suspected
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The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its operatives killed 105 Boko Haram insurgents during its operations in Yobe State. The acting director of army public relations, Sagir Musa, in a statement circulated to journalists said the operations took place at the outskirts of Buni Gari village in Yobe. He said the insurgents were planning “a
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A Nigerian Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Federal Government to withdraw armed troops from enforcing the lockdown order placed on the Federal Capital Territory; Lagos and Ogun States. He said deploying armed troops is illegal and unconstitutional based on precedent judgments of the courts of the land. He said, “In the
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