Tag: SOLDIERS
Soldiers kill 9 civilians mistaken for militants
Ethiopian soldiers killed nine civilians and injured 12 after mistaking them for rebels near a town along the country’s border with Kenya, state media...
4 policemen, 6 soldiers killed in Rann attack – CP
The Police in Borno on Thursday confirmed that four policemen and six soldiers were killed in the Boko Haram attack in Rann community of...
Soldiers frogmarch Imo schoolgirl to death for lateness
Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, has died after rigorous punishment by two soldiers in the...
Soldiers kill 3 Boko Haram insurgents, recover 200 cattle
The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents and recovered 200 cattle in Borno.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director of...
Soldiers to leave Aba, Umuahia by Friday – Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State said on Thursday that soldiers would be withdrawn from the streets of Umuahia, the state capital, and Aba,...
Residents flee Aba; others remain indoors as crisis festers
Following a resurgence of crisis in Aba, Abia, on Thursday, some residents have remained indoors while others are leaving the city in fear.
In areas...
Soldiers surround Nnamdi Kanu’s home
A detachment of soldiers on Tuesday surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in Abia State...
Army detains 6 soldiers over brutalisation of woman
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had set up a board of inquiry and detained six soldiers over the...
Army arrests two soldiers for brutalising disabled man in Onitsha
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it has arrested two soldiers who brutalised a physically challenged man in Onitsha for allegedly wearing a military...
Disgruntled elements behind video alleging maltreatment of soldiers fighting Boko Haram...
The Nigerian Army has described a viral video clip alleging lack of food and water for soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the northeast as...