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Three Nigerians are to be trained on latest nuclear technologies and application by Russia’s state-run nuclear energy corporation, ROSATOM after emerging winners of its competition “Atoms…

“They were replaced by the new armed forces chief of staff, General Salifou Modi and the new head of the army Brigadier General Seidou Bague, an announcement on national radio said.

Defence Minister Issoufou Katambe on Sunday said that an updated death toll of soldiers would be announced this week after the initial announcement of 25.

ISWAP claimed the attack and said one of its militants detonated a car bomb in the town, killing at least 8 soldiers and destroying 3 armoured vehicles. Three civilians also killed.

The three foreigners were saved in an operation late Tuesday by a navy team in the southwestern coastal state of Ondo

An army spokesman confirmed the attack and said two soldiers sustained injury but was silent on a dead driver in the convoy as reported by local media.

Witnesses in Gamboru market town said more than 35 injured people were taken to the local hospital after the attack.

Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Madem party scored 53.55% of votes while Domingo Simoes Pereira scored 46.45% of votes

The Islamic State has released a video that shows its jihadists beheading 10 Christian men captured in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to…

PAIGC’s Domingos Pereira will square it with Embalo’s Umaro Sissoco in the presidential runoff.