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Valentine Okoro

December 5, 2023

Nigerian military says Kaduna civilians bombed with bandits to protect ‘key infrastructure’

The report from Defence Headquarters clashed with a previous claim of an army general, who blamed the strikes that killed over 126 villagers on a precision error by combat drones.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja [Photo Shettima]
December 4, 2023

Nigerian Army admits mistakenly dropping bombs on Kaduna villages from combat drones, ‘killing 126 civilians’

The airstrikes, which a top army general attributed to operational error, marked the first public knowledge about the army’s use of unmanned bombers outside the Nigerian Air Force.

Chief of Army Staff Taoreed Lagbaja and unmanned drone
November 17, 2023

Firefight in Kaduna as Nigerian troops launch attack on bandits

“In the firefight that ensued when contact was made, troops neutralised six bandits, recovered two AK 47 rifles, four AK47 rifle magazines, 14 rounds of 7

Armed troops