Tag: Soldiers

BY SAHARAREPORTERS Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was being ...

Nigerian soldiers are turning back fleeing residents of Mubi in Adamawa State as they engage Boko Haram insurgents in an attempt to regain the town. The soldiers are also said ...

Nearly 10,000 people, including youth vigilantes, local hunters, retired military, police and para-military operatives, artisans and petty traders today vowed to confront Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. They resolved ...

By Daniel Magnowski Islamist militants in Nigeria and pro-government militia groups fighting them are both using child soldiers in the widening conflict in the north, research and advocacy group Watchlist ...