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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
EIGHT months after his indictment for allegedly sponsoring the activities of the Boko Haram sect, the Federal Government, on Tuesday formally began the trial of Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume on terrorism charges before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. At the resumed hearing of the suit on Tuesday, the Federal Government called the Prosecution […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Written by Olawale Rasheed, Abuja Monday, 02 July 2012 AS part of a soft approach to the ongoing Islamist insurgency, the Federal Government has commenced discreet contacts with moderate Islamist salafists who, while sharing similar thoughts with the Jihadi salafists within the Boko Haram sect, are opposed to armed struggle. Previous efforts at reaching the […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Two soldiers, two policemen and three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect are believed to have died during a military raid at the weekend on Boko Haram hideout in Damaturu, the police said. Gunshots were heard at about 6pm on Saturday, the official curfew time in the Yobe State capital, as members of the […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
By DAUD OLATUNJI, Abeokuta Business men in the country have pleaded with the Federal Government to fast-track the dialogue process with the Boko Haram sect in order to avert further destruction of lives and property as a result of the frequent attacks by the sect. The President, Abeo-kuta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | June 27, 2012 – I have nothing against the Islamic faith. As a matter of fact some of my most loyal friends are practising Muslims. There are many Muslims in my family and my maternal great grandmother was an illustrious Fulani woman from the Muslim core north. I do […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
IN their appraisal of the security situation in the country, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has concluded that nothing serious has happened to give a sense of safety in the North. They said the incessant killings of innocent citizens by the Boko Haram sect and the seeming helplessness of the security agents to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Yobe
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
RESIDENTS have continued to flee Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, two days after terrorists launched multiple attacks on churches, schools, and a satellite prison where over 50 lives were lost. A worried ward head, who sought anonymity, lamented that the affected residents had been living peacefully in Pompomari, Pawari and Bundigari areas of the metropolis […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate, Abdul Ningi, has dispelled the belief that Boko Haram is an Islamic sect whose goal is to kill Christians in the country. Ningi, who spoke to our correspondent in Uyo, venue of the Senate Retreat on Tuesday, said the violent group had not been selective in their targets, saying […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, June 25th, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the aim of the Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram’s insurgency in the country is to destabilise government and make it unable to function, vowing that his administration would do all that is necessary to halt their terrorist activities. Speaking during a live radio and television presidential media chat […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Monday, June 25th, 2012
DAMATURU, the Yobe State capital, again came under heavy fire on Sunday morning, when suspected members of the Jam’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram attacked a school and prison in the city. According to reports, the assailants attacked the prison and freed many prisoners also left a prison warder in critical […]