Sentences with phrase «with armed militants»

The statement reads, «The Nigerian Army has set up a high powered committee to investigate allegations made by former Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Theophilus Danjuma, that soldiers are colliding with armed militants to kill innocent citizens across the country.

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Yemen claimed Iran was arming Houthi militants with drones to attack Saudi Arabia.

«Are you aware of the number of militants they [South Africans] had trained, what if they trained these militants in badges (sic), can we link the increase (sic) rate in arm (sic) robbery to this training offered by mercenaries, can we link the recent cases of contract killings to the training; are there young people in the country already trained by these men and what are they actually doing with the skills acquired.»

On August 5, militants armed with semi-automatic weapons and hand grenades attacked Egyptian border guards, killing sixteen and wounding seven.

«Very credible intelligence reaching us has it that a lot of the armed robbery and killing of our hardworking police officers is being done by militant goons associated with the NPP», the NDC National Chairman alleged.

By its conception, design and intendment, BSS is the militant arm of IPOB, infested with all manner of hardened criminals and deviants.

It read, «Following consistent successful operation against militants and criminals by Operation DELTA SAFE, available information from Sector 4 in Cross River State indicates that Bakassi Strike Force militants, led by one Mr Benjamin Ene has expressed unreserved willingness to lay down arms and have contacted the Department of State Service in Cross River State through the State Government's appointed rapporteur on amnesty to signify their readiness to hold talks on amnesty with the relevant authorities.

My concerns as a Northern Muslim is how come Fulani people have now taken over the job of kidnapping which prior to the arrival of President Buhari's administration was common with militants in the Niger Delta and occasionally armed robbers in the South - East and South - West?

«(IRBIL, Iraq — The stage was set Friday for a major sectarian confrontation in Iraq after the government and the country's most powerful Shiite cleric implored civilians to take up arms against Sunni militants — a move that would partially plug the ranks of the decimated security forces with religiously motivated volunteers.

Imohe raised alarm that Nigeria is awash with SALW and said that the implementation of the Amnesty programme was poorly carried out in that the militants might have returned knocked out weapons in exchange for funds with which some might have likely used to purchase more sophisticated arms.

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has expressed delight with the rate militants in the state have been surrendering their arms following the amnesty granted them by the state government.

Ajayi called on other militants to give up their arms, adding that «after this, anyone who fails to utilise the opportunity (to surrender his weapons) would be dealt with by the Federal Government.»

FORMER militant leader, Chief Ateke Tom, has denied coming in contact with one Zakeri Isiaka, who was recently arrested by the police for armed robbery.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

In Elektra KB's solo exhibition at BravinLee programs and Mario Pfeifer's collaboration with rappers Flatbush ZOMBIES at the Goethe Institut, artists literally take up arms in increasingly militant performances of «otherness».