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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
By Madu Onuorah, Abuja Bureau Chief on April 29, 2015 68429 • Identities yet to be confirmed NIGERIAN troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast have rescued no fewer than 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest in Borno State. Defence Headquarters, in a tweet yesterday, described the operation as ‘daring and precise,’ […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, April 24th, 2015
As troops continued their mop operations to rid the Sambisa Forest of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the forest, the insurgents are said to have run out of arms and ammunitions, an escapee and military sources have revealed. This is even as the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade confirmed to newsmen in […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Being an opinion article by President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, as published in yesterday’s edition of New York Times ABUJA— WHEN Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 200 girls, on the night of April 14, 2014, the people of my country were aghast. Across the world, […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Kaduna, NNP Columnists, State News
Monday, April 13th, 2015

By Anthony A. Kila | UK | April 13, 2015 – Dear friends at home and abroad, today my short notes are dedicated to the state of Kaduna. As you know my country Nigeria is going through a very exciting period at the moment. It is a period in which a lot people are having […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
Two pregnant women gave birth to babies in the bush Sunday morning while fleeing from suspected Boko Haram insurgents that attacked Gunti Gumi village of Alkaleri Local Government area in Bauchi State. A witness, Bala Kurba, said the insurgents stormed the village, forcing the residents to take to their heels. “The pregnant women were among […]
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Boko Haram, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Sunday, March 29th, 2015

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Yobe, Habu Zarma, on Sunday said the electoral commission, INEC, had postponed elections indefinitely in 18 polling units in Giedam Local Government Area of the state due to security challenges. He told journalists in Damaturu that security challenges in the council area had scared adhoc staff from going to […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015

A coordinated attack is set to be carried out by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State, from Boko Haram captivity as the defence authorities have deployed four attack helicopters and two air force fighter jets to flush out the terrorists in the areas. A reliable source in the military told our correspondent on Thursday […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Nigeria Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, Reuters quoted residents as saying on Tuesday. There was no immediate official confirmation of the figure, but the Islamist […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah Nigeria is bearing the financial burden of the operations by multinational forces against Boko Haram insurgents, findings by The PUNCH on Sunday have revealed. The troops from Nigeria’s neighbours – Chad and Niger – it was learnt in Abuja, receive N146.25m monthly as pocket and feeding allowances […]
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Adamawa, Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Chadian and Nigerien troops fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East are reportedly begging their Nigerian counterparts to take over towns recaptured from the sect. Nigerian authorities had announced that troops had recaptured all towns occupied by members of the terrorist group in Adamawa and Yobe states, remaining Borno, the last of the three north-eastern […]