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News card: Nigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attack

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Nigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attack. File photo, February 2026, by the U.S. Army (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): three generals standing against a stone wall in Abuja, Nigeria's defence chief Gen. Olufemi Oluyede on the left, AFRICOM commander Gen. Dagvin Anderson in the middle and army chief Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu on the right, all in uniform; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, at the 212 Tank Battalion in Maiduguri; Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu told troops to keep up the offensive on Boko Haram and ISWAP; he met wounded soldiers and pledged continued care, the Army says; in Tuesday's attack on the Mairari base at least 10 soldiers were killed, sources told Reuters; no official Army toll, and AFP's sources say 15 soldiers and 5 militia members. Sources: Nigerian Army via Channels TV, Business Times, Reuters, AFP. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno. @exeindex.
File, Feb 2026, Abuja: Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu with Gen. Olufemi Oluyede and AFRICOM's Gen. Dagvin Anderson. Not from Oct 17. Photo: U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri, public domain via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (US government work); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index

Oct 17: Nigeria's army chief, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, visited troops and wounded soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno, urging them to keep up the offensive on Boko Haram and ISWAP. Military sources told Reuters Tuesday's Mairari base attack killed 10+ soldiers.

What
News card: Nigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attack
Where
Africa
When
2026-10-17
Source
Channels Television
Credit
File, Feb 2026, Abuja: Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu with Gen. Olufemi Oluyede and AFRICOM's Gen. Dagvin Anderson. Not from Oct 17. Photo: U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri, public domain via Wikimedia Commons
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Public domain (US government work); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index
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Africa, Nigeria

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  1. Channels Television
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