Warri: Nigerian soldiers torched more than 20 homes in a community in the oil-rich Niger Delta after "suspected pirates” killed six people, security sources and residents said on Tuesday.
Gunmen on Sunday attacked a gunboat escorting a vessel in the volatile waters off the Nigerian coast, a Nigerian security source told AFP. "During the ensuing gun battle, four of the soldiers and two civilians on board the vessel were killed,” the source said. (AFP)