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Boko Haram, General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has called on security agencies to arrest a former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 general elections, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) saying he constitutes a security risk. The call, he said, followed comments by Buhari condemning […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja Indications that Boko Haram insurgents who say they are against Western education and anything to do with the west, have been deceitful, emerged yesterday after troops found packs of condoms, used and unused, in their camps. Also found were syringes and narcotic drugs believed to have been used by the insurgents […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
BY ABDULSALAM MUHAMMAD KANO—Director of Department of State Services, DSS, in Kano, Mr. Bassey Etang, has said the weapons of mass destruction discovered in a bunker at a Lebanese residence in Kano, Tuesday, belong to international terrorist organisation, Hezbollah. Etang spoke to newsmen in Kano, during a joint conference with the Commandant of the 3 […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Four foreign nationals, suspected to have hailed from Middle East, were arrested in Kano by the Joint Task Force over a large cache of arms and ammunition uncovered in their mini-warehouse located in the Bompai area of Kano on Wednesday. Following the shock discovery, owner of the complex, where the dangerous weapons were impounded, simply […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up. Vanguard learnt that the interception made by the military communication […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI …as suspected terrorist found dead Two weeks after troops were deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency in the three states, Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a video published, Tuesday, called on Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 27th, 2013
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up. Vanguard learnt that the interception made by the military communication […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, May 24th, 2013
The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of Nigeria. Senior officer Chris Olukolade revealed the extensive nature of the camps, which he said were used to co-ordinate attacks on nearby local communities. The BBC has not been able to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, May 24th, 2013
THE former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and author of controversial book, The Accidental Civil Servant, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday kicked against the proposed amnesty to the Boko Haram sect members, saying it will not address the security problems in the country. He explained that the problems will persist if the fundamental issues […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
No fewer than 90 women and children being held in connection with activities of the Boko Haram sect are to benefit from the first phase of the presidential directive on release. A top Defence source, who disclosed this to one of our correspondents, said that the military had compiled names of those that would regain […]
