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Showing posts with label
military
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Nigerian army frees widow of ex-general who died in captivity
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Nigeria's military says it has rescued the widow of a retired general who himself had died at the weekend while being held by kidnappe...
Monday, June 1, 2026
Nigeria seeks used German H145M military helicopters and support on Sahel security
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Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Germany have reached a 65 years’ milestone, marked by a recent strategic dialogue between President...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Video - Inside the US's biggest military push in Nigeria in years
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Is the US getting into another endless conflict? After promising to pull troops out of Africa, Donald Trump is now ordering military stri...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Nigerian army says joint US strikes kill 175 ISIL fighters in country’s northeast
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Nigerian forces working with the United States claim to have killed 175 ISIL (ISIS) fighters in a series of joint strikes in the country’...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims
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Nigeria ‘s military Tuesday denied a rights group’s claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention...
Monday, May 18, 2026
US military carries out more strikes against ISIL fighters in Nigeria
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The United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it has carried out additional air strikes against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in north...
Thursday, May 14, 2026
UN urges independent probes into deadly Nigeria, Chad air attacks
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The United Nations human rights chief has demanded independent investigations into reports that separate air attacks by the Nigerian and Cha...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Amnesty: More than 100 civilians killed in Nigerian military airstrike
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Nigerian civilians caught in the crossfire once again. Amnesty International says more than 100 civilians were killed in a military airst...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Nigeria military denies civilian deaths in Niger state airstrikes
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The Defence Headquarters of Nigeria has denied reports of civilian deaths following airstrikes in Niger state, insisting the operation ta...
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram
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Dozens of Nigerian fishermen are feared dead after Chad's military launched air strikes on Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad region,...
Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill around 100 civilians
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The Nigerian military killed at least 72 people, many of them civilians, in an airstrike on a crowded market in the northwestern state of Za...
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Nigerian army says it rescued some children abducted from an orphanage last month
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Seven children and two women abducted by gunmen at an orphanage last month in the north-central region of Nigeria have been rescued by troo...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Nigeria, US launch defence working groups as insecurity worsens despite troops, drone support
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Nigeria and the United States have inaugurated Defence Institutional Technical Working Groups (DITWGs) under the 2026 Defence Cooperation Ro...
Friday, May 1, 2026
Amnesty urges Nigeria to investigate deaths in army-run camp, military says report baseless
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Amnesty International called on Nigeria to investigate reports that at least 150 people, most of them children, had died in an army-run ca...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Nigeria turns to local startup as insurgents escalate drone and bomb attacks
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Local startup Terra Industries on Monday unveiled interceptor drones, mine-clearing unmanned vehicles and battlefield intelligence software...
Monday, April 27, 2026
Despite US troops and killer drones, Islamic State terrorizing Nigeria
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Earlier this month, the United States, citing heightened risk of terror attacks, pulled all non-essential staff and their families from its...
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Nigeria's suspected coup plotters deny treason charges
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Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeri...
Monday, April 20, 2026
Turkey to train 200 Nigerian special forces soldiers under new defence deal
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Nigeria and Turkey have struck a defence agreement to help Africa's most populous nation fight its 17-year-long jihadist insurgency, the...
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Boko Haram violence: Abuja buries senior army officers killed in attacks
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Nigeria’s defence minister has attended the funeral of several senior military officers killed in a surge of Boko Haram attacks in the nort...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Up to 200 civilians killed in Nigeria after air force 'misfire' on market
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A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting jihadist rebels hit a local market in the northeast, killing as many as 200 civilians, a local chief r...
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