{"id":122308,"date":"2024-06-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping"},"modified":"2024-06-26T23:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T22:08:13","slug":"nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria deploys 177 soldiers to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>In a move to strengthen regional security, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday deployed 177 personnel to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>These soldiers will contribute to the ongoing Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to deployment, the troops underwent rigorous training at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre (MLAILPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>This training equipped them with the necessary skills to protect themselves, fellow peacekeepers, and the citizens of Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Operations, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, announced this at the graduation ceremony of troops of Nigerian Company 3 ECOWAS Stabilization Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau held at Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre (MLAILPKC) Jaji.<\/p>\n<p>Sinjen said: \u201cGuinea-Bissau is grappling with political instability and institutional crisis, which poses a significant threat to peace and sustainable development in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis deployment is in line with the mandate of the mission which has been extended severally to consolidate the relative peace and stability in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gallant men of the Nigerian Army have been trained by this renowned Centre of Excellence to play that critical role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Pre-Deployment Training (PDT) has equipped you with the necessary tactical skills and knowledge to support the government of Guinea-Bissau in stabilizing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore urge you to remain committed to upholding the principles of ECOWAS peacekeeping operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment comes at a time of continued political instability in Guinea-Bissau. The ECOWAS mission, established in 2011, aims to foster peace and stability in the country after a series of military coups.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has a long history of contributing to peacekeeping missions across Africa. This deployment reflects the country\u2019s commitment to regional security and its leadership role within ECOWAS.Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.<\/p>\n<p>Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. In a move to strengthen regional security, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday deployed 177 personnel to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping. These soldiers will contribute to the ongoing Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) peacekeeping mission in the country. Prior to deployment, the troops underwent rigorous training at the Martin Luther Agwai International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":122307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[6468,254,13907,293],"class_list":["post-122308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-guinea-bissau","tag-nigeria","tag-peacekeeping","tag-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria deploys 177 soldiers to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a move to strengthen regional security, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday deployed 177 personnel to Guinea-Bissau for pe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria deploys 177 soldiers to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a move to strengthen regional security, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday deployed 177 personnel to Guinea-Bissau for pe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T21:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T22:08:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1719426806.814266.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria deploys 177 soldiers to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T21:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-26T22:08:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\"},\"wordCount\":387,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1719426806.814266.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Guinea Bissau\",\"Nigeria\",\"peacekeeping\",\"Soldiers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-deploys-177-soldiers-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\",\"name\":\"Nigeria deploys 177 soldiers to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping - 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