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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Again, northern leaders meet over insecurity THE Federal Government may have in the last one week held its first indirect peace talks with the Boko Haram sect, meeting mediators to discuss a possible ceasefire, the international news agency, Reuters, quoted sources as saying yesterday. Two people close to Boko Haram have been carrying messages back […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
THE Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, on Tuesday, in Abuja, said 2,000 soldiers were being trained in Jaji and Kachia on counter-terrorism to combat security challenges. Ihejirika stated this at the two-day Nigerian Army (NA) Transformation Stakeholders Conference, with the “theme: Enhancing the Implementation Strategy for Nigerian Army Transformation.” He said the […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
From DAVID MOLOMO Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Fleeing from the military heat in Maiduguri, Borno State, Boko Haram may have relocated to neighbouring Mubi in Adamawa State. But soldiers pursued the Islamist sect members to the town on Monday. In an encounter, 11 people were killed. They include seven militants, a police Inspector, a soldier […]
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Boko Haram, Plateau, State News
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Tempers flare as suicide bombers hit Jos again Monday, 12 March 2012 00:00 From Madu Onuorah and Joke Akanmu (Abuja) Isa Abdulsalami (Jos) News – National Soldiers tackle youths at scene of mayhem Jonathan condemns attack, vows victory over terror ST. Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Rayfield, Jos, Plateau State, has been a place of worship […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
When 23-year-old Hajara Saidu left Potiskum in Yobe State for Jos, Plateau State, she thought she had escaped the onslaught of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which since late last year had unleashed a spate of bombings on the state. She, however, did not know a crude fate awaited her less than 24 hours after […]
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Boko Haram, Sokoto, State News
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Residents of the quiet Sokoto neighbourhood were taken unawares last Thursday as a scene in a war zone played out in real life with guns booming for about seven hours. It was at Mabera Itti, an extension of Mabera located within the Sokoto metropolis and a relatively quiet area where two Europeans, Chris MacManus, a […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
A branch of Dr David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church (also known as Winners Chapel) in Barnawa, Kaduna State, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, over threat to the life of some of its members for reporting an alleged accomplice of a suspected suicide bomber to the police. According to the petition dated […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
A plot by the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to extend its operations to the southern part of the country has been uncovered by security agencies. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations in Abuja on Friday showed that the sect had chosen some southern cities such as Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Onitsha and Warri for attacks. It was learnt […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday pleaded with all those involved in unleashing violence on the nation, including members of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to lay down their arms in the interest of the nation. He urged them to embrace peace so that they could join hands with his administration to tackle the nation’s common enemies, […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
NAN – Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, on Saturday in Abidjan, said the days of “Boko Haram’’ menace were numbered as security forces were decimating their network. Petinrin gave the assurance in an interview to newsmen on the sidelines of a meeting of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff held in […]