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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Czech arms dealer Excalibur Group will sell weapons to Nigeria’s government forces for fighting with the militant group Boko Haram, local media reported on Friday. Excalibur Group’s spokesman Andrej Cirtek confirmed the weapons include modernised Soviet-made tanks T-72 M1 and 16 other vehicles, armoured infantry fighting vehicles BVP and rocket launchers and the destination for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Chadian soldiers have smoked out the Boko Haram insurgents out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a top security source said. One of our correspondents gathered on Thursday that the recapture of the town, which lies near the borders of Chad and Niger, followed two days of fighting between the insurgents and the soldiers. Both […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
News Thursday, January 29, 2015 advertisement Indonesia is ready to execute seven foreign drug convicts on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected, an official said, in a move certain to set Jakarta on a collision course with international allies. They include two Australian leaders […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Precious Okoro A Niger Republic-based kidnapping syndicate has demanded the payment of $100, 000 as ransom for the release of its 15-year-old victim, Precious Okoro. The victim’s father, Nwaigwe, explained that Precious was kidnapped around Songotedo, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, where she had boarded a commercial vehicle en route to her […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, North-East
Monday, January 26th, 2015
The European Union has declared that it will not deploy election observers in the North-East because of the security challenges in the zone. The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Nigeria, Ambassador Santiago Fisas, made this known when members of the mission visited the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Jonathan and Buhari The campaign billboards of two Nigerian presidential candidates erected in Ghana’s capital, Accra have been pulled down following an order by the country’s (Ghana) national security agency. The billboards of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party featuring President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as those of the main opposition All Progressives Congress of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Friday that Nigeria does not need the assistance of the United Nations and even the African Union to tackle the Boko Haram terrorist group. The NSA said Nigeria and its neighbours were in a “good shape” […]
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Africa & World Politics, State News
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The University Of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), now known as Cambridge Assessment, in response to requests to prove the authenticity of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s exam certificate, has said on Friday that it will not be able to do so. In a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
A Nigerian mother allowed a British couple to register as her new baby’s parents in bid to get free NHS care and secure a UK passport for the child, a court heard. Mailonline reported that the Nigerian, Oluwaseun Adenubi, 30, also pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation after using the passport of her friend, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Cameroon’s army has freed 24 out of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters, Reuters quoted a Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman to have said on Monday. The kidnapping, which occurred in the north of Cameroon on Sunday around the village of Mabass, was one of the largest abductions […]
