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Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Jos University Teaching Hospital Chief Medical Director, Dr. Ishaya Pam, has said the institution is under serious threat from bombers. At least 10 persons were killed and 24 injured after suicide bombers attacked the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church in Rayfield area of the crisis-prone Jos on March 10. On Sunday night suspected Fulani herdsmen killed […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, Raw Politics, Senate
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

The trial of Senator Aliyu Ndume did not commence as scheduled on Wednesday as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja adjourned to April 26, 2012 for adoption of written addresses in a motion in which the senator is seeking to quash the charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Ndume is facing a […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
The Joint Military Task Force in the early hours of Wednesday killed nine and arrested two suspected Boko Haram members who attacked Tudun Wada Local Government, Kano State. The gunmen were said to be making attempts to escape after they used explosives to attack a police headquarters, the Divisional Police Officer and set fire to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
No fewer than three persons were killed in Kano yesterday night as gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, resumed their hostility, opening fire on the social spot along Sharada Phase 1 in the state capital. The particular spot that came under attack is a commercial area well populated with different petty traders […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Boko Haram said yesterday that it would no longer hold talks with the Federal or any government again, noting that it has foreclosed any dialogue move from any quarters. Abu Quaqa, who spoke to journalists in Maiduguri, Borno State in a phone conference yesterday said the Islamist sect has never trusted government’s sincerity for dialogue […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Monday, March 19th, 2012
FOLLOWING new arrangements put in place by the security operatives in Plateau State to arrest the spate of suicide bombings, most churches in Jos, the state capital on Sunday, recorded a low turnout. At a meeting with the stakeholders, including religious leaders last week, the security operatives in the state reeled off new security arrangements, […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Top Stories
Monday, March 19th, 2012

By Dan Udoh Abuja — As violence continues to rock parts of the North, the Federal Government may have opted to appease some northern states with the payment of 13 per cent derivation on solid minerals with immediate effect. A competent source told Vanguard that government was worried about rising insecurity in the northern part […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Confusion broke out amongst residents and motorists along Kachia Road, Ungwan Yelwa area of the Kaduna metropolis on Sunday as a vigilant riot policeman gunned down a member of a four-man masked gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram. THE PUNCH learnt that the masked gunmen had earlier beaten a police checkpoint while the […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, March 19th, 2012
THE architects of the ongoing dialogue between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect are disturbed over their alleged leakage of the details of the talks to the media. In a reaction to the development yesterday, the negotiators said the development might make the affected parties to lose confidence in the credibility of the […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Lawrence Onoja, A retired Major-General in the Army, Lawrence Onoja, has supported the Federal Government’s move to dialogue with the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. He said dialoguing with the group, no doubt, will help douse the tension caused by the activities of the Islamic sect and will eventually bring an end to the incessant bloodbaths […]