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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
Nigeria has summoned United States Ambassador Terence McCulley over his comment on the Boko Haram insurgency. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, who invited the Ambassador, discussed with him his comment, which the government said it was not comfortable with. But a government source said despite the interaction, there was no strain in the […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
BY CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA — The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Ola Makinde, Thursday, urged the Federal Government not to be deceived by the ceasefire declared recently by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. It also urged government to discountenance the call in some quarters for amnesty to members of the group. Makinde equally […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Emir of Anka in Zamfara State, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to grant amnesty to members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar lll, had at a meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam in Kaduna, last week, urged the President to grant members of the sect amnesty. […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
By Jide Ajani, Kingsley Omonobi & Ndahi Marama …Massive arms including anti-aircraft guns, rocket propelled grenades recovered after visit to Borno… It would have been a national tragedy had it occurred. But, according to intelligence sources, security agencies saved the situation. The story is that insurgents allegedly planned to attack the plane of President Goodluck […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Seven loud explosions shook Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, witnesses said, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan ended a trip there to try to galvanize support for his battle against Islamist insurgents. Witnesses said the explosions happened within minutes of each other, suggesting the kind of coordinated strike that used to be the hallmark […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram
Friday, March 8th, 2013
There are indications that terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Ansaru, are being funded by drug cartels in Latin America, a report has revealed. The report entitled, “Terrorism in Northern Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications,” is an update on five earlier studies. Published by the Director, Inter-University Centre for Terrorism Studies, […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Emma Amaize, Regional Editor,South South WARRI- THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar III, came under fire, Thursday, from two of his colleague- royal fathers in Niger-Delta over his call on President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, to grant “total amnesty” to members of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, for peace to reign in the country. Former […]
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Boko Haram, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said the Federal Government would not grant amnesty to members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Jonathan who spoke at a Town Hall meeting in Damaturu, during his official visit to Yobe State, said members of Boko Haram, by their mode of operation, deserved no amnesty in the manner […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Frisky Larr, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
By Frisky Larr / NNP / March 7, 2013Is Boko Haram just a Label? What Game is playing out here? Nigerian readers will need no recap to understand what Boko Haram stands for. It is a phenomenon that trails the daily lives of individuals like a psychological shadow stretching over the entire country from Maiduguri. […]
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Boko Haram, Governors, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
BY Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor …C’ttee recommends amnesty, compensation LAGOS—The recent split in the ranks of the Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram, leading to a division over a ceasefire, has been traced to a recent peace initiative spearheaded by the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF. The peace offensive, which saw a delegation of the forum […]
