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India Accords High-Priority To Strategic Partnership With Nigeria: PM Modi
India accords high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria and it will work towards boosting ties in a range of areas, including defence, energy and trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his talks with Nigerian President.
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"Hung Onto Those Words": Meghan Markle On Emotional Conversation With 2-Year-Old Daughter
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were invited to Nigeria by the country's highest-ranking military official, the Chief of Defence Staff.
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At G20, Nigeria Eyes Massive Indian Investment In Defence
One of India's key moves ahead of the G20 Summit this weekend was to include the African Union for a possible expansion of the bloc.
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Vice President Hamid Ansari Returns Home After Concluding 2-Nation Africa Visit
Vice President Hamid Ansari today returned to New Delhi after wrapping up a five-day visit to Nigeria and Mali during which he held talks with the top leadership of the two countries on an entire gamut of issues including terrorism, defence and connectivity.
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32 Troops Killed In Niger Clash With Boko Haram Jihadists: Defence Ministry
Thirty-two troops have been killed in a clash with Boko Haram on Niger's border with Nigeria, Niger's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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Cameroon Army Kills 100 Boko Haram Fighters, Frees 900 Hostages: Ministry
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized ISIS flags last week, the defence ministry said today.
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Cameroon Pledges 2,500 Troops for Regional Boko Haram Force
Cameroon will send nearly 2,500 soldiers to join a west African regional force to fight Boko Haram Islamists that will number 8,700 men, the defence minister said Friday.
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Nigeria Names Head of Regional Force to Fight Boko Haram
Nigeria on Thursday named the head of a new multinational force created to fight Boko Haram jihadists carrying out a wave of attacks, as the country's outgoing defence chief of staff warned its military was underfunded and poorly equipped.
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Nigeria Military Poorly Equipped to Fight Boko Haram: Military Chief
Nigeria's military is underfunded and poorly equipped in its battle to check Boko Haram's rampaging insurgency, the country's outgoing chief of defence staff said on Thursday.
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Nigeria's President Sacks All 4 Defence Chiefs
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority.
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Cameroon Frees 24 Hostages After Suspected Boko Haram Kidnapping
Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria, a defence ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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Boko Haram Attacks in North Cameroon Kill Three: Military Source
Islamists from Nigeria's Boko Haram killed at least three civilians over the weekend as they attacked six communities in the remote north of neighbouring Cameroon, a defence ministry source told AFP today.
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Nigerian Defence Chief Says Kidnapped Girls Located
Nigeria's military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country's chief of defence said Monday.
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US Adds UAV to Search Nigerian Girls: Report
The US Defence Department's addition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and 80 Air Force troops to US efforts supporting Nigeria's search for over 200 kidnapped girls has turned the mission into an air operation, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
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Boko Haram Rebels Kill Four Nigerian Soldiers in Ambush
Boko Haram rebels killed four Nigerian soldiers in a night ambush outside the northeastern city of Maiduguri and several insurgents also died in the firefight, according to a statement on Wednesday from Defence Headquarters.
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India Accords High-Priority To Strategic Partnership With Nigeria: PM Modi
India accords high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria and it will work towards boosting ties in a range of areas, including defence, energy and trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his talks with Nigerian President.
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"Hung Onto Those Words": Meghan Markle On Emotional Conversation With 2-Year-Old Daughter
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were invited to Nigeria by the country's highest-ranking military official, the Chief of Defence Staff.
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At G20, Nigeria Eyes Massive Indian Investment In Defence
One of India's key moves ahead of the G20 Summit this weekend was to include the African Union for a possible expansion of the bloc.
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Vice President Hamid Ansari Returns Home After Concluding 2-Nation Africa Visit
Vice President Hamid Ansari today returned to New Delhi after wrapping up a five-day visit to Nigeria and Mali during which he held talks with the top leadership of the two countries on an entire gamut of issues including terrorism, defence and connectivity.
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32 Troops Killed In Niger Clash With Boko Haram Jihadists: Defence Ministry
Thirty-two troops have been killed in a clash with Boko Haram on Niger's border with Nigeria, Niger's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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Cameroon Army Kills 100 Boko Haram Fighters, Frees 900 Hostages: Ministry
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized ISIS flags last week, the defence ministry said today.
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Cameroon Pledges 2,500 Troops for Regional Boko Haram Force
Cameroon will send nearly 2,500 soldiers to join a west African regional force to fight Boko Haram Islamists that will number 8,700 men, the defence minister said Friday.
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Nigeria Names Head of Regional Force to Fight Boko Haram
Nigeria on Thursday named the head of a new multinational force created to fight Boko Haram jihadists carrying out a wave of attacks, as the country's outgoing defence chief of staff warned its military was underfunded and poorly equipped.
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Nigeria Military Poorly Equipped to Fight Boko Haram: Military Chief
Nigeria's military is underfunded and poorly equipped in its battle to check Boko Haram's rampaging insurgency, the country's outgoing chief of defence staff said on Thursday.
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Nigeria's President Sacks All 4 Defence Chiefs
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority.
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Cameroon Frees 24 Hostages After Suspected Boko Haram Kidnapping
Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria, a defence ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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Boko Haram Attacks in North Cameroon Kill Three: Military Source
Islamists from Nigeria's Boko Haram killed at least three civilians over the weekend as they attacked six communities in the remote north of neighbouring Cameroon, a defence ministry source told AFP today.
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Nigerian Defence Chief Says Kidnapped Girls Located
Nigeria's military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country's chief of defence said Monday.
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US Adds UAV to Search Nigerian Girls: Report
The US Defence Department's addition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and 80 Air Force troops to US efforts supporting Nigeria's search for over 200 kidnapped girls has turned the mission into an air operation, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
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Boko Haram Rebels Kill Four Nigerian Soldiers in Ambush
Boko Haram rebels killed four Nigerian soldiers in a night ambush outside the northeastern city of Maiduguri and several insurgents also died in the firefight, according to a statement on Wednesday from Defence Headquarters.
