Nigeria soldiers raid paper 'over Boko Haram article'

6 January 2019

Nigerian soldiers have raided the main office of the private Daily Trust newspaper and confiscated computers.

It follows the arrest of some staff at the newspaper's office in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.

The Daily Trust says it may be connected with its lead story on Sunday about the military preparing an operation to recapture territory.

The army denies it recently lost control of some towns to militants.

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In the Daily Trust's article it said that an offensive was being planned to retake control of Baga and the towns of Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa that had also recently been captured by Iswap.

Correspondents say the military is sensitive to criticism and often refuses to admit to failures in its battle to defeat the insurgents.

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