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*President needs them for domestic security— ECOWAS ABUJA—Federal Government plans to withdraw some of the Nigerian troops from the United Nations Multi-Dimensional…
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906 more soldiers deployed As the Federal Government deploys another 906 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army on peace enforcement in Mali, the army authority said it has so…
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Islamists groups have claimed responsibility for twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, Nigeria’s northern neighbour, in which at least 20…
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ABUJA—THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said, yesterday, that soldiers who leaked information to terrorists about the movement of troops to Mali for AFISMA…
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BAMAKO (AFP) – Suicide bombers targeted troops in two towns in war-torn northern Mali on Friday, leaving four of the attackers dead and two Malian soldiers wounded, military sources…
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The absence of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja stalled the trial of Mukhtar Ibrahim, an alleged Mali-based Boko Haram member. The News Agency…
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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles made amend for missing out on defending their title by beating Mali 2-1 to finish with bronze at the 2013 Orange CAF U-20 Championship. By reaching the…
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PARIS – France confirmed Saturday that one of the key leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, had been killed in fighting with French-led forces in…
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PARIS(AFP) – France’s intervention in northern Mali against Islamist fighters involved in lucrative drug-running has disrupted cocaine supply to Europe but smugglers are already finding…
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France has placed its citizens with roots in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Senegal under close watch for links to terrorist groups. A French judge, Marc Trevidic, said in a recent…
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