Tag Archives: Boko Haram
by Prince Charles Dickson The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”. A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cockroach, Hotel Rwanda, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Nigeria, Rwandan Genocide, state of emergency, Waiting staff
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By Chibuzo Ukaibe,Leadership (Abuja) The 36 governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to yield to the agitation for a declaration of state of emergency in troubled states in the country. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Nigerian, rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, state of emergency, Yobe State
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(Reuters) – After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria’s northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Using … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Abdul Ahmed Ningi, Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Lake Chad, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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Suspected members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram armed with machineguns laid siege on the north-eastern town of Bama on Tuesday, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55 people dead, the military said. Around 200 heavily armed members … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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by Adam Nossiter Days later, the survivors’ faces tensed at the memory of the grim evening: soldiers dousing thatched-roof homes with gasoline, setting them on fire and shooting residents when they tried to flee. As the village rose up in … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Baga, Boko Haram, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kashim Shettima, Lake Chad, Nigeria
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Watching Nigeria’s parliamentary sessions is like watching a public primary school’s classroom at break time. It’s a picture of absolute bedlam; delinquent adults jumping seats, throwing paper missiles, poking each other in the ribs, laughing, joking, singing and passing candies … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Assembly, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian National Assembly, Parliament of the United Kingdom
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By Dr James Okoroma, opinion Abuja — Nigerian Women, under the auspices of the National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS), Nigeria plan to honour President Goodluck Jonathan to acknowledge his administration’s gender sensitiveness. The present government has the highest number … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Affirmative action, Boko Haram, Federal Medical Centres, gender, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria
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Nigeria’s government is not doing enough to tackle religious violence in central Nigeria, where more than 100 people have been killed since March, a U.S. government agency said on Monday. Plateau state and other parts of the “Middle Belt” have … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Middle Belt, Monday, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Thisday
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By Prince Charles Dickson Laifi’n babba, rowa, laiii’n yaro, kiwuya. (The boy complains that his master is stingy, the master that his boy is lazy.) Usman, that’s his name, he is responsible for the yam we eat in my house, … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Gombe, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian, Olusegun Obasanjo, Usman, Yam
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LAGOS — A statement on Sunday purporting to be from the main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing region, MEND, claimed an attack on security forces, alleging at least 15 officers were killed. It was however not possible to determine if … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bayelsa State, Boko Haram, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, South Africa
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By Obi Nwakanma, Via vanguard opinion President Goodluck Jonathan,truly found his vocation: with a doctorate in Zoology, there could be no better place for him to put his skills to work than in the Zoo called Nigeria. Nigeria is a … read more »
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Tagged Anthills of the Savannah, Boko Haram, CHINUA ACHEBE, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, national security, Nigeria, Nigerians, Tortoise (band)
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Police in Nigeria’s Adamawa state say attackers stormed the home of the state’s deputy governor in Midlu Saturday, killing 11 people. Some victims were shot, while others had their throats cut. Police have given few details, but say it appears … read more »
By Olusegun Adeniyi If you have not heard the name Mohamed Warsama before, it only means that you have not yet been playing in the big league of the Nigerian internet community. For the uninitiated, Warsama is a Kenyan who … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Aso Rock, Bala Mohammed, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, List of Sultans of Sokoto, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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AP – LAGOS: A British man abducted in Nigeria’s largest city has been released by his kidnappers, a police spokeswoman said yesterday, as other foreigners have been kidnapped in the country’s commercial capital in recent days. The release of the … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ansaru, Boko Haram, British nationality law, High Commissioner, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Lagos, Nigeria, Victoria Island
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The General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM) have tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to do enough to protect Igbos in the North from Boko Haram attacks or they will mandate their members to bear arms and defend … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Enugu, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, President of the United States
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At least 28 people have been killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen, who also set ablaze houses in Nigeria’s northern state of Plateau, officials said. The gunmen attacked the villages in Ganawuri district in Plateau under Riyom local government … read more »
By Qansy Salako Professor Chinualumogu Achebe passed on too early at 82. Given how the literary world remains insatiable drinking from his fountain of knowledge, he should have lived to 200. At least. “Your love has spread all over my … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged A Man of the People, Achebe, Biafra, Boko Haram, Chike Obi, CHINUA ACHEBE, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Things Fall Apart
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By Dr. Doyin Okupe We have noted understandably the increased support for the call for amnesty, principally from some Elders and opinion leaders in Nigeria; coming after the President’s rejection of the call made by His Eminence and Supreme Monarch, … read more »
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Tagged Alabo Graham Douglas, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Presidents
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By Odimegwu Onwumere When a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu offered on November 12, 2012, to negotiate the end of insurgency in the northern part of the country on Federal Government’s (FG) behalf, many Nigerians took … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kano, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Orji Uzor Kalu
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Twenty-five people were killed in eastern Nigeria when attackers blasted a jail, a police station and a bank with bombs, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said Saturday. “We have 25 dead from yesterday’s attacks in Ganye, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Adamawa State, Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram, Chief of police, Ganye, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Police station, Prison
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Former minister of education and co-founder of Transparency International, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has said Nigeria is suffering from serious leadership crisis, stressing that if the fight against corruption is to be won then the present leadership has to turn to … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Federal government of the United States, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Olusegun Obasanjo, Transparency International
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By Eze Eluche With the continuing systemic and targeted killings of Christians and Igbos in the northern region of Nigeria under the pretext of the Boko Haram terrorist group; With the continuing efforts of Nigerian government authorities to prevent international … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Monday, Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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Lagos, Nigeria – With no official casualty figure from the authorities yet, Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday put the death toll from Monday evening’s suicide bomb attack at a popular bus park in the northern city of Kano at around 60. … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Kano, Kano State, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria Bombing, nigeria bus attack, Nigeria newspapers, Sabon Gari, Yushau Shuaib
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A French hostage has spoken in a video filmed three days ago with his family, weeks after extremists kidnapped them from northern Cameroon. The video’s audio airs a voice that identifies himself as Tanguy Moulin-Fournier. He … read more »
SUSPECTED members of the Boko Haram sect on Friday blew up the prison in Gwoza Local Government, setting free all the prisoners. Saturday Tribune learnt that a civilian around the emir’s palace, where the prison is located, was killed by … read more »
LAGOS, Nigeria — Islamic extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation there against them, the United States ambassador to Nigeria said Thursday. As extremist shootings, bombings and kidnappings of foreigners continue … read more »
STATE PARDON, A DECISION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE- OKUPE The state pardon given by the Federal Government to some Nigerians who had been convicted of various crimes was not a unilateral action of President Goodluck Jonathan but a … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Council of State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Kano, local Nigerian newspaper, Nigeria, Nigerian, Okupe, Pardon, Shehu Shagari
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The Senior Special Assistant for Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe on Wednesday said it is too early to ask for amnesty for members of the extremist group, Boko Haram. Mr Okupe, who was a guest on Channels … read more »
(Reuters) – Suspected Islamist gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in Nigeria’s main northern city of Kano on Tuesday and opened fire on teachers, wounding four of them, police said. The attackers made teachers at Dan Maliki Primary School … read more »
Ansaru’s murder of seven hostages over the weekend shows why it could become the most powerful jihadist group in the region. Through its murder of seven European and Middle Eastern hostages over the weekend in northern Nigeria, Ansaru has trumped … read more »
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Abuja, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Economic Community of West African States, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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