PIRATES IN RIVERS STATE KILL TWO SOLDIERS

Suspected pirates have reportedly killed two soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, in an ambush along Ikuru community in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, while another soldier was said to be missing.A boat driver and three staff of the Z-Cube Construction Company were also wounded in the ambush, which occurred Tuesday.According to security sources, the soldiers were on escort duty for a three-man team of Z-Cube Construction Company officials.They were said to be on their way to the site of the project awarded the firm by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, when they ran into the ambush.