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By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »
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Remi Adekoya,guardian.co.uk, After three years as president, the economy is booming but Jonathan’s record on helping his people is poor Nigerians had no rational reason to believe their lives would improve after Goodluck Jonathan became president three years ago this … read more »
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by Obinna Akukwe The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Bus, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sabon Gari
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Abuja – Nigeria is currently going through “a trying moment”, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday while unveiling seven new police helicopters. “This is quite a trying moment for this country in terms of security,” Jonathan said during the unveiling … read more »
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By Obinna Akukwe Recently the Boko Haram Group of terrorists rejected the amnesty offer of the Nigerian Government making a Boko Haram Republic a viable alternative. A situation whereby everybody is begging a murderous group to accept amnesty makes nonsense … read more »
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By: International Christian Concern With countries like North Korea, Pakistan and Somalia topping the list as some of the world’s worst persecutors of Christians, it’s hard to imagine that none of these countries hold the highest Christian death toll. In … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Christian, Christianity, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian, North Korea
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By Obinna Akukwe Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied blanket support for the amnesty programme, insisting that victims of Boko Haram attacks must be compensated. Reacting to the statement credited to it during its solidarity visit to Kano in the aftermath of … read more »
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Tagged Amnesty, bokoharam, Enugu, GAAICOM, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigerian, nigerian newsppaers, Ohaneze
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By Mahmud Jega The appointment of a 26-member committee by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday charged with “constructively engaging” members of the Boko Haram sect towards bringing its insurgency to an end was the biggest step yet taken by the government … read more »
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Tagged Ahmed Makarfi, bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, Jonathan, Kaduna State, Katsina State, Nigeria, United States National Security Council
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By Reuben Abati Following the consideration yesterday by the National Security Council of the report of the technical committee it set up to review fresh modalities for addressing security challenges in the North, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution … read more »
An advisor to Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has denied reports that he named Muhammadu Buhari, the country’s former leader, as a sponsor of the militant group, Boko Haram. Doyin Okupe, Jonathan’s senior special assistant on public affairs, said the reports … read more »
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Okupe did not label Buhari as Sponsor of Boko Haram The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs has denied a report circulating online that Dr, Doyin Okupe has identified Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari as the … read more »
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by Obinna Akukwe The shameless sale of Igbo presidency and Igbo interests by Ohaneze to the highest bidder has attracted the frank opprobrium of Senator Uche Chukwuerije. In a submission he sent to the Igbo Elders,South East Governors, and members … read more »
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Tagged Anyim Pius Anyim, bokoharam, CHINUA ACHEBE, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Peter Obi, Theodore Orji, Uche Chukwumerije
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By Olusegun Adeniyi “Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.’ That statement was made by a fictional President of the United States in Frederick Forsyth’s novel, “The Devil’s Alternative” which explores the dilemma that leaders most often confront … read more »
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The current Nigerian ruler, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan continues not to “give a damn” in his inconsiderate decisions since coming to office in 2011. Now, it appears he is about to make what is sure to become the most inconsiderate of … read more »
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By Reuben Abati STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE – Lai Mohammed’s Public Disinformation Tactics In a previous press statement, we had pointed out that a well organized campaign by the opposition designed to mislead the public, discredit the person and office … read more »
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Tagged ACN, Action Congress of Nigeria, bokoharam, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Lagos, Nigeria, Reuben Abati
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By Prince Charles Dickson “it is 9 o’clock, do you know where your children are?” Frank Olizeh, popular retired NTA anchorman || My working title for this week’s admonition to beloved Nigerians ordinarily was ‘The Nigerian Child’, sadly as I … read more »
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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the spate of insecurity in the country as a great cause for concern that should be addressed urgently, warning that the country is on the brink of a second civil war.
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At least 20 people have been killed in a series of explosions at a bus station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, witnesses say. Several buses were destroyed in the Sabon Gari area of the city, home to a … read more »
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Tagged bbc, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, kano blast, Kano Emirate, Muslim, Nigeria, nigeria blast, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sabon Gari
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By Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode and Mohammed Aminu, Thisday A new twist emerged in the purported ceasefire offered by the Boko Haram sect, as a faction of the group yesterday took exception to President Goodluck Jonathan’s statement during his recent … read more »
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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 decision considered and approved by the Council of States which is … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Council of States, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Okupe, President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari
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By Awol K Alo, Al Jazeera On February 5, 2013, Ethiopia’s only and publicly funded Television Station, ETV, aired a controversial documentary during prime time in violation of an outstanding court injunction. Oddly subtitled “Boko Haram in Ethiopia”, Jihadawi Harekat … read more »
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MAIDUGURI – Nigerian security forces killed 20 militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in a firefight in the northeast on Sunday, a spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in the northeastern state … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, militant, Monguno, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police
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Latest video released by Boko Haram says the group is not having any dialogue with Nigerian government. The group described as fraud and lies, the dialogue said to be on- going between government and Imam Abdulazeez who claims to be … read more »
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Tagged boko harm, bokoharam, God, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Nigeria, Nigerian government, Politics of Nigeria, Shekau
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ANIEBO NWAMU, leadership.ng All doubts about President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition in 2015 have been cleared. An Abuja high court headed by Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi performed the onerous duty, on Friday, by its ruling in a suit filed by Mr Cyriacus … read more »
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Three people, including a soldier, were injured Thursday in multiple blasts in three areas of Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri, with one targeting a military patrol vehicle, the army said. “There was an explosion targeting a … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Task force
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During a written exchange with senators after his recent testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Obama administration’s nominee to lead the CIA, John Brennan, argued that there is no geographical limit to the ability of the United States to … read more »
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Photo: Aminu Abubakar/IRIN The Haye clinic in Kano where seven polio vaccinators were killed on 8 February 2013 (file photo) DAKAR, 22 February 2013 (IRIN) – Human rights organizations estimate some 3,000 Nigerians have been killed in violence related to … read more »
AFP- MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A blast targeting a military patrol vehicle in the Nigerian city where a radical Islamist group is based killed two civilians on Wednesday, the military said. “An improvised explosive device targeting (a military) patrol team exploded … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Cameroon, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic State, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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By: SHUAIB NOUH & OPOKU BONNA Some time ago, we sounded a word of warning about the “Salafists” and “Jihadists” when we discussed the Boko Haram problem in Nigeria. Now, Boko Haram Jihadist are using Gaddafi’s leftover weapons, some of … read more »
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By MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS Paris I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class. I was making copies for my 10:30 class at the faculty lounge where two female professors were kibitzing by … read more »
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