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100 US troops landed in Bauchi. Nigeria asked for them — but not freely. The first 100 of an expected 200 US military personnel have arrived at Bauchi airfield. Their mandate is training, intelligence sharing, and technical support for Nigerian forces...
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100 US troops expand mission while Nigerian villages keep dying at dawn Reuters reported yesterday that 100 US troops arrived in Nigeria to expand counter-insurgency operations. Not a temporary deployment. An expansion. Here’s what that word means in plain...
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Niger State villages massacred while security forces arrive late or not at all At least 30 people were killed in coordinated dawn attacks on multiple villages in Niger State over the weekend. Armed bandits torched homes. Shot fleeing residents. Nigerian security...
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American troops are on the ground. The conversation Nigeria needs to have is being avoided. The first C-17s landed at Maiduguri on Thursday night. The United States is deploying approximately 200 intelligence analysts, advisers, and trainers to help Nigerian...
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Five US congressmen introduced a bill that targets a Nigerian opposition figure by name. That’s new. The Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026 was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week by five Republican lawmakers...
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Two hundred US troops are coming for ISWAP. The bandits raiding your village aren’t the target. Two hundred American troops are deploying to Nigeria. Advisory capacity, training support, no combat role. Nigerian forces retain operational command. The focus is...