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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
A northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Friday in Kaduna carpeted the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, over his comment on the Boko Haram Islamic sect. It said it was wrong for an individual or groups to politicise the current security challenges in the country. Oritsejafor had warned President Goodluck […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Ex-deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Suleiman Argungu and incumbent national organising secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), has said that Boko Haram is not targeted at President Goodluck Jonathan, as the group also wreaked havoc during the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua government. He said that the Yar’Adua government goofed when leader […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, April 13th, 2012
THE Boko Haram sect has said it intends to bring down the government and “devour” President Goodluck Jonathan within three months, its purported leader said in his second al Qaeda-style video posted on the Internet on Thursday. The 14-minute video of Abubakar Shekau seen on YouTube belittled Jonathan for saying two weeks ago that the […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
A FRESH insight into how to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency has come from the United States (U.S.), which wants Nigeria to open a dialogue with the group. The proposal of the U.S. came as Vice President Namadi Sambo and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, reviewed diplomatic relations between their countries on Tuesday afternoon at […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section No fewer than five people were killed in Banki, a border town in Borno State, during attacks said to be launched by the Boko Haram Islamist sect. The police also claimed to have killed five of the attackers. Daily Sun gathered […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
The Federal Government is investigating how Presidency officials leaked to the media details of the activities of the Dr. Datti Ahmed panel set up to negotiate with Boko Haram. The probe comes amidst a disclosure by a high ranking official of the State Security Service (SSS) (names withheld) that the agency is set to arraign […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, April 9th, 2012
BAMAKO (AFP) – Among the rebels controlling Mali’s northern city of Gao are dozens of Nigeria’s Islamist Boko Haram group, a regional deputy told AFP on Monday, while a security source confirmed the information. “There are a good 100 Boko Haram fighters in Gao. They are Nigerians and from Niger,” said Abu Sidibe, a regional […]
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Boko Haram, Kaduna, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, April 8th, 2012
KADUNA (AFP) – A car bomb attack outside a church in Kaduna on Easter Sunday left at least 20 dead and scores wounded, a rescue source said. The explosion, a stark reminder of Christmas Day attacks that left dozens dead in the country, occurred where motorcycle taxi drivers and passersby caught much of the blast. At […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Wife of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, alias Kabiru Sokoto, has delivered a baby boy in a police cell where she is being detained. The wife of the Boko Haram henchman was arrested by the police after her husband escaped from […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]
