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Eight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, Borno

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Eight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, Borno. Locator map adapted from Wikimedia Commons (Profoss, after Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Borno State in red in northeastern Nigeria; not a photo of the event. Key facts, as defence sources and a militia member told AFP (carried by Vanguard and Daily Trust): on Saturday, October 17, 2026 (time not given), an army patrol vehicle checking on militia members clearing thickets along the highway rolled over a mine in Kinuba village, about 25 kilometres from Gamboru near the Cameroon border; the explosive was remotely detonated by cord, the militia member said; all eight soldiers aboard were killed and a militia member was wounded by shrapnel; the sources blamed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Sources: defence sources via AFP, Vanguard, Daily Trust. exeindex.com/terrorism. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine. @exeindex.
News cardMap: Borno State (red) in northeastern Nigeria. Locator map, not a photo of the Oct 17, 2026 Kinuba/Gamboru mine blast. Map: Wikimedia Commons, derivative by User:Profoss, original by Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0 (rasterized by EXE Index)

Oct 17: Eight Nigerian soldiers were killed when their patrol vehicle hit a remotely detonated mine in Kinuba village near Gamboru, Borno State, defence sources told AFP. A militia member was wounded by shrapnel. The…

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Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police station

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police station. Map from Wikimedia Commons (Profoss after Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Abia State highlighted in red in southern Nigeria; Aba lies in the south of the state. Key facts: Oct 17, about 2:26 AM local (9:26 PM ET Oct 16), police say; 2 police officers killed and 3 people injured (Abia police); unidentified gunmen used explosives, and fire hit the building and a patrol van; no arrests yet, and Gov. Alex Otti visited the station and the injured. Sources: Abia Police Command (via The Sun), Punch, Channels TV. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta. @exeindex.
News cardMap: Abia State (red) in Nigeria · Aba lies in the south of the state. Map: Wikimedia Commons, Profoss after Uwe Dedering · CC BY-SA 3.0

Oct 17: Two police officers were killed and three people injured when armed attackers hit the Uratta division police station in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, police say. Explosives started a fire that damaged the building…

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