 16 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and another is missing after an ambush against a patrol a patrol in the Tahuwa region near the Mali border during the attack by bandits on Saturday. That whole was 16 dead six injured and one missing. He attended the funeral of Lieutenant Maaman Namaewa, commander of the patrol which was attacked. The vast desert area of Tahuwa in the west of the country sits close to the borders of both Mali and Burkina Faso and has been plagued by jihadist violence since 2012.