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Burundi Coup: Rival Soldiers Battle For Supremacy
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are battling for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. There is heavy fighting at the state radio building, where broadcasts have been going on and off air. Witnesses say […] More
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Polls: Mixed Feelings Trail Deployment of Soldiers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The deployment of soldiers ahead of Saturday’s Presidential election is sparking mixed reactions among residents in Lagos and Ogun state. While some residents see the deployment as a welcome development, others are lamenting that the roadblocks mounted by the soldiers on major roads […] More
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UN to Plead for 54 Convicted soldiers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United Nations has disclosed plans to take appropriate action over the imminent execution of 54 soldiers sentenced to death by the Nigerian Army. In a letter to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Summary […] More
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in Big StoryDeath Sentence On 54 soldiers Genocidal — Falana
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as “genocidal” the recent sentencing of 54 soldiers to death by an army court martial. While strongly condemning the death sentence, Falana said the convicted soldiers, the second set to be condemned to death, had […] More
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Ebola: 850 Returning Nigerian Soldiers to be Quarantined
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Not less than 850 Nigerian soldiers who are on peacekeeping mission in Liberia would be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in March 2015. The two battalions of the Nigerian Army presently in Liberia were formerly scheduled to return […] More
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Mutiny: Military Court sentence twelve soldiers to death
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences guilty, sentencing 12 to death, 5 were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was jailed for 28 days with hard […] More
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