Security Stories

29 Sep Security Stories

The Nigerian Navy has distanced itself from Commodore Jamila Sadiq Abubakar, who accused Chadian soldiers of selling arms illegally at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence.

* At least 20 fishermen were feared killed accidentally in a Nigerian military strike on a jihadist camp in northeast Nigeria, two security sources and locals told AFP. A Nigerian fighter jet early on Sunday bombarded Kwatar Daban Masara in Lake Chad, a bastion for the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The Nigerian Air Force has not confirmed the story.