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Nigeria: 14 kidnapped sailors rescued in Gulf of Guinea Nigeria: 14 kidnapped sailors rescued in Gulf of Guinea 8th Mar 2021   ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): Fourteen sailors kidnapped by pirates were rescued Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria’s army spokesman Mohammed Yerim said 10 foreign crew members and four Nigerians who were taken hostage were rescued in an operation off of the coasts of Nigeria and Gabon. The operation was successfully carried out without any “ugly incident or loss,” according to Yerima who said those rescued will soon be handed over to their families. Although one o...

Nigeria: 5 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack Nigeria: 5 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack 21st Dec 2020 By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): Boko Haram terrorist group has killed five Nigerian soldiers and kidnapped at least 35 people in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a military source said on Sunday. “The terrorists fired an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] on the convoy which hit one of the vehicles with five soldiers in it,” local news website The Guardian quoted the source as saying. “All the five were killed,” it added. Several people were injured ...

December 13, 2020 ABUJA, Nigeria An armed group has abducted nearly 400 male students at a boarding school in northern Nigeria, local media outlets reported on Saturday. The attack on the secondary school took place in the morning hours in the Kankara town of the northwestern Katsina province along the Niger border. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack in his home state. He said that the security forces detected the armed group hiding in the forest and an operation has been initiated. Katsina State Police Spokesman Gambo Isah said that one officer was injured during the...