41.   In one of the attacks, a Nigerian soldier was killed while two others were injured.

42.   All the Nigerian soldiers spoken to claimed they bought the goods from genuine sources and vendors.

43.   And a deputy spokesman at the defence ministry, Colonel Godwin Ugbo, said that one Nigerian soldier died in the clash.

44.   Cameroonian forces in the disputed Bakassi peninsula have killed one Nigerian soldier and left two others wounded, Defence Ministry deputy spokesman Colonel Godwin Ugbo said Friday.

45.   The soldiers were humiliated, said Jammeh, when the presidential guard, assisted by Nigerian soldiers, proceeded to disarm them claiming they were planning a coup.

46.   Three Nigerian soldiers suffered minor gun wounds in another ambush on the same highway a short time later.

47.   Two Nigerian soldiers were killed in the disputed Bakassi peninsula in an incident blamed on Cameroon, Nigerian television reported Thursday.

48.   It was the first testimony of its kind obtained from Nigerian soldiers on active duty, the group said.

49.   Local press reports here have indicated that the release of the hostages followed the intervention of Nigerian soldiers.

50.   Nigerian soldiers make up three-quarters of the peacekeeping force.