The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) has released a video that shows a Christian man being executed by an Islamic State child “soldier” in Borno, Nigeria. It was gathered that in a video that was released by its news platform, Amaq agency, ISWAP said the Christian man was killed on Monday. Pieter Van Ostaeyen,
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Unknown gunmen were said to have opened fire on youths at Gora Dan in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna State, killing two. It was gathered that the gunmen in large numbers invaded the village and opened fire on youths at the market square in the area. The attack was said to have occurred
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Fifteen people have been killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, according to security and local officials, in the latest violence to hit the centre of the country. Armed men attacked Sinda village between Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday morning, said a security official who requested anonymity, adding
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No fewer than 29 people were feared killed by bandits in Babban Rafi village of Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eye witness and an indigene of the village, Malam Musa Ibrahim, who escaped being killed, told The Punch reporter on the telephone that the bandits arrived at the village on the early
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The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has condemned Thursday’s terrorist attack on a military base in Niger Republic which left no fewer than 89 soldiers dead. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said Buhari expressed deep sympathy and condolences to the families, friends and
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A jihadist attack on a military camp in western Niger three days ago left 89 soldiers dead, according to a new toll announced by the government on public radio Sunday. “After a thorough search, the toll has been established as 89 dead among friendly forces, and 77 dead for the enemy,” said spokesman Zakaria Abdourahame.
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Troops of the 159 Battalion, Geidam Sector 2, Yobe State, have threatened to abandon their duty post over alleged neglect by Nigerian Army authorities. The soldiers in a letter addressed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the National Assembly, United Nations, African Union, and several other organisations, complained that they had been on counter-insurgency
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A mercenary and chairman of a private army, Specialized Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection International, Eeben Barlow, has alleged that the United States influenced the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to terminate the contract to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. Barlow, who sponsored a similar private army, Executive Outcomes, which was shut down in 1998, said
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Troops numbering about fourteen were killed when “heavily-armed terrorists” ambushed a convoy in the western Niger region of Tillaberi, the interior ministry said on Thursday. “After a fierce battle… seven police and seven national guards were killed” on Wednesday, it said in a statement. “A guard has been listed as missing,” the ministry said, adding,
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