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Apr
23
2024
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill six Nigerian soldiers in ambush

Gunmen kill six Nigerian soldiers in ambush

NEWS
SIX soldiers of the Nigerian army were ambushed and killed by gunmen while on patrol in the northern Niger state, the army said, the latest loss inflicted on the military by armed criminal gangs. Beyond fighting Islamist militants in the northeast, Nigeria's military has been called upon to tackle the threat in northern and central regions posed by criminal gangs who kill and kidnap villagers and schoolchildren. Nigerian Army spokesperson Major General Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement late on Sunday that troops of the 1st Division were on a fighting patrol in Karaga village in Niger's Shiroro local government…
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Mar
27
2024
By GARBA MUHAMMAD
More than 100 kidnapped Nigerian students arrive back in Kaduna

More than 100 kidnapped Nigerian students arrive back in Kaduna

NEWS
WRAPPED in orange headscarves and blue school uniforms, over 100 Nigerian students and staff who were kidnapped this month arrived at the local government building in the country's north, a day after they were freed by the army. "There are 131 students, six others are currently being hospitalized and will be eventually discharged when they get better," said Major General MLD Saraso of the Nigerian army. He said one of the 138 people abducted, a school staff member, had died in captivity. The army announced on Sunday it had rescued 137 hostages - 76 female and 61 male - in…
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Mar
26
2024
By AHMED KINGIMI
Nigerian army rescues abducted Kaduna students

Nigerian army rescues abducted Kaduna students

NEWS
THE Nigerian army rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before the deadline for a ransom payment. School officials and residents had said 287 students were taken on March 7 in the town of Kuriga in the northwestern state of Kaduna. A military spokesperson said 137 hostages - 76 of them female and 61 male - were rescued in the early hours of Sunday in the neighbouring state of Zamfara. "In the early hours of 24 March 2024, the military working with local authorities…
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Mar
24
2024
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army rescues 17 students kidnapped in northwest Sokoto

Nigerian army rescues 17 students kidnapped in northwest Sokoto

NEWS
NIGERIA'S army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in northwest Sokoto state, the state governor said. The attack at Tsangaya school on March 9 came two days after the mass abduction of schoolchildren in Kaduna, also in the north. Those students are still missing. Sokoto Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto said the Tsangaya students were freed on Friday following an operation coordinated by the army and the office of the National Security Adviser. "All the children have been found healthy and are ready to be reunited with their parents," he said…
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Mar
13
2024
By GARBA MUHAMMAD and HAMZA IBRAHIM
Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers

Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers

NEWS
NIGERIAN soldiers were hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army's Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and "will soon have the bandits in their sights". The soldiers were backed by the local police, intelligence agency and air force, as well as the Kaduna state vigilance service, a vigilante group that knows the local terrain, the source added. "The security agencies and the state government are working tirelessly to ensure the…
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Oct
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army says 24 Islamist insurgents killed

Nigerian army says 24 Islamist insurgents killed

NEWS
NIGERIAN troops killed 24 suspected Islamist insurgents in two attacks in the northeast and recovered some weapons, the army said on Tuesday. Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been fighting the Nigerian armed forces for more than a decade in a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. Major General Christopher Musa, commander of the anti-insurgency task force, told Reuters that soldiers killed 16 Boko Haram insurgents a few kilometres from Maiduguri city, the capital of Borno state. Musa said that during the encounter with the insurgents two gun trucks were…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Amnesty disputes Nigerian army claim it did not shoot Lagos civilians

Amnesty disputes Nigerian army claim it did not shoot Lagos civilians

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH and PAUL CARSTEN NIGERIA’S Lagos state government asked the army to intervene to restore order amid anti-police brutality protests, but soldiers did not shoot civilians, the military said, an assertion an Amnesty International investigation disputed on Wednesday. Nigeria has been on edge following one of its biggest social upheavals in 20 years. Demonstrations across the country turned violent on October 20 when witnesses in Lagos said the military opened fire on peaceful protesters shortly after local authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew, drawing international condemnation. The Lagos government asked the army to deploy due to "violence which led to…
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Oct
21
2020
By The African Mirror
NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew

NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIA’S Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denied that there were fatalities after the army opened fire on unarmed protestors in the suburb of Lekki. The governor described the shooting as people protested against police brutality on Tuesday night as among the "darkest hours from our history as a people." Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for understanding and calm, a day after soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Lagos. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Photo: European Union 2015 - European Parliament He did not directly address the shootings, but called on Nigerians to have…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country

Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH and ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM  THE Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise while denying the move was part of any security response to recent widespread demonstrations against alleged police brutality. Operation Crocodile Smile would run across the country from October 20 to December 31, the first time the annual exercise, typically concentrated in the Delta region, will be nationwide, Musa said. The move comes just days after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order, but Musa said in a statement that the exercise "has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise…
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