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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Ezekwesili, Uwais, Unongo, Madubuike, others chart way forward By Clifford Ndujihe ONE hundred and fifty days after the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, BBGM, yesterday urged Nigerians to come together to save the country from being the den of terrorists. #BringbackOurGirls protest: Dr Oby Ezekwesili (left) and others during the BringbackOurGirls […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, September 8th, 2014
After a fierce battle, the nation’s military has reclaimed Bama town, Borno State from the terror group Boko Haram. Boko Haram captured the area last Monday. But after aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)’s fighter jets, the military has reclaimed Bama. Sources confirmed this yesterday in Maiduguri, the state capital. A military source […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, September 5th, 2014
By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State who has been on foreign trip since last week was forced to cut off his trip and return to Maiduguri following the recent Boko Haram attacks on Bama town. Governor Shettima who arrived Maiduguri, yesterday, through a chartered flight along with his entourage went straight to […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, September 4th, 2014
• More troops coming from govt, says Shettima • Ezekwesili, others want Nigerians to remember Chibok girls NORTHERN leaders Thursday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan over the Federal Government’s campaign against insurgents. The leaders, who spoke under the aegis of the Northern Elders Council (NEC), urged Nigerians to support the government to overcome […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, September 1st, 2014
BY NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI – No fewer than 45 suspected members of Boko Haram sect have been killed in an encounter with military troops when the terrorists attempted to invade and take over Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Over 30 of the insurgents were also injured in the fierce battle with security operatives that lasted […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 25th, 2014
LEADER of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Shekau announced the declaration that Gwoza had become an Islamic caliphate in a video obtained by the Agence France-Press on Sunday. The terrorist also vowed that his group would […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Abducted Chibok girls BRITAIN’s Royal Air Force plans to send three fighter jets to help in locating the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 this year. The RAF Tornado GR4s equipped with surveillance facilities, according to Daily Mail on Wednesday, will undertake “reconnaissance missions” over the Sambissa Forest where […]
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Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that no group or person can threaten him before he will perform his official duties. Jonathan, who was responding to an October deadline given to him on Monday by members of the Northern Elders Forum to ensure the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls, said the ultimatum was in bad taste. […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri on August 12, 2014 · National Wives of army personnel in Borno State have protested against the movement of their husbands from Maiduguri barracks to an upgraded army formation in the state. The women, who gathered at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri yesterday morning for the peaceful demonstration, […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Survivors of Boko Haram attacks in southern Borno ethnic minority communities who fled to Northern Adamawa areas of Madagali, Michika and Lasa, have received letters threatening further attacks on them. Our correspondent gathered that over 10,000 people of the ethnic religious minority in Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State have been displaced by the sect. Some are currently in […]
