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Boko Haram Bomb Kills Officer, Three Soldiers In Borno The incident occurred when a vehicle conveying a patrol team from the 133 Special Forces Battalion triggered the IED, which was buried on the road between Kangarwa and Alagarno village. “Unfortunately, the IED claimed the life of an officer and three soldiers, while three other members of the patrol team sustained various degrees of injuries. Their Hilux vehicle was also completely damaged,” a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, said. “The bodies of the late officer and soldiers have since been evacuated while the wounded have also been moved to the unit’s medical facility.” After the blast, the army said troops pursued and killed three suspected Boko Haram terrorists that planted the bomb and hid According to the statement, troops deployed in various parts of the northeast under Operation Lafiya Dole and the Multination Task Force in collaboration with other security agenc...

Germany’s Leon Goretzka scored two expertly-taken goals in the opening eight minutes to set his side on the way to a 4-1 win over Mexico in their Confederations Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Timo Werner added the third just before the hour as Germany’s young, experimental team took advantage of the wide open spaces in the Mexico defence and punished them with ruthless finishing. Mexico’s Marco Fabian pulled a goal back with a spectacular, swerving strike in the 89th minute but Amin Younis hit a fourth for Germany during stoppage time in an end-to-end game. Mexico had lots of possession but failed to take their chances and always looked vulnerable at the back. Germany, whose starting team had an average age of just under 24, will meet South American champions Chile in Sunday’s final in St Petersburg.