Nigeria military leaders, faulted in fighting militants, are fired share full article lt. gen. kenneth minimah, shown reviewing troops last month, was dismissed as leader of the nigerian army on. 1: root causes not addressed. an over reliance on a military strategy to confront boko haram is at the heart of the state's inability to deal with the threat, argues security analyst kabiru adamu.
The army chief, tukur buratai, was replaced by a commander he had himself fired in 2017. many nigerians took to social media on wednesday to demand that general buratai stand trial for his alleged. Nigeria's military said on friday it had inflicted heavy losses on islamist militant groups in the north and oil thieves in the south, arresting hundreds, seizing weapons and rescuing kidnap. The nigerian military has eliminated the nigerian leader of the islamic state of west africa province, iswap, ba’a shuwa, and scores of his fighters in the northeast of borno. Nigeria's army said on thursday it had killed the new leader of insurgent group islamic state west africa province (iswap) in a military operation this month, two weeks after announcing the death.
The nigerian military has eliminated the nigerian leader of the islamic state of west africa province, iswap, ba’a shuwa, and scores of his fighters in the northeast of borno. Nigeria's army said on thursday it had killed the new leader of insurgent group islamic state west africa province (iswap) in a military operation this month, two weeks after announcing the death. Nigeria ’s new president, muhammadu buhari , dismissed all of his country’s top military officials on monday, his spokesman announced, after weeks of mounting violence in which boko haram fighters have killed hundreds of civilians. the nigerian military’s handling of boko haram’s bloody six year uprising has been widely seen as dismal. In january 2017, a nigerian air strike aimed at boko haram terrorists left more than 200 civilians dead or wounded. later that year, the united states agreed to sell nigeria 12 super tucano warplanes, including thousands of bombs and rockets, for $593 million, then the largest u.s. foreign military sale in sub saharan africa.
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