Army officials in Nigeria say 17 members of the security forces and two civilians have been killed in series of attacks by criminal gangs in the north-west of the country. According to the authorities, the gunmen raided five towns and set fire to a number of military camps in the …
Read More »Nigeria: armed men attack top military academy
An attack on Nigeria’s top military academy left at least two people dead and another abducted, said the Nigerian army in a statement. An army spokesman said unknown gunmen broke into the campus in the northern city of Kaduna in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Nigerian Defence Academy …
Read More »Nigeria: armed men released 15 students kidnapped seven weeks earlier
Fifteen students in north-western Nigeria, have been released seven weeks after they were kidnapped from their school by armed men, officials say. A total of 121 one students were seized from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State. “65 remain in captivity and we are trying to secure their release”, …
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