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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 »
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Tagged Abdul Ahmed Ningi, Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Lake Chad, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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AP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Authorties in Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in violence blamed on Islamic insurgents in the country’s northeast. One attack happened Wednesday night in the fishing village of Gashua in Yobe state. Teacher … read more »
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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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 »
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 »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, boko haram latest news, boko haram official website, boko haram video, boko haram website, bokoharam, BornoState, Goodluck Jonathan, history of boko haram, IndepthAfrica, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, Youtube
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By Mahmud Jega, Daily Trust column It could well be that President Goodluck Jonathan woke up in a foul mood this morning, as he has probably did for three days since his return from a momentous visit to Yobe and … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Borno, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Yobe State
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Barely hours after President Goodluck Jonathan left the Borno State capital; multiple explosions were reported to have hit the city of Maiduguri. Witnesses say they heard loud blasts, in Jajeri ward of Budum town, the heart of the insurgency shortly … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, boko haram latest news, boko haram official website, boko haram video, boko haram website, BornoState, explosion, Goodluck Jonathan, history of boko haram, Jonathan, JTF, MAIDUGURI, nigerian newspapers, Task force
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Nigeria’s army said Saturday it had launched an operation in the northern city of Maiduguri, the bastion of Islamist group Boko Haram, that led to the deaths of 20 suspected militants and two soldiers. The soldiers Friday stormed a location … 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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(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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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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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram was likely behind the kidnapping of seven French expatriates in Cameroon, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children were kidnapped early Tuesday in northern Cameroon, close to the … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Fabius, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Waza National Park
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A bomb explosion targeting soldiers killed at least two people on Friday in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri while houses and shops nearby were burnt, the military said. The two dead were suspected to be the bombers, according … read more »
by John Campbell Nigerian soldiers sit in military trucks before leaving for Mali, at the airport in Nigeria 18/01/2013. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) High profile, violent killings have taken place in northern Nigeria at the same time as the French intervention … read more »
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KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military on Sunday claimed to have arrested a key member of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram after a reward of some $160,000 had recently been offered for his capture. A military task force in the country’s … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, GoodluckJonathan, Kaduna, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigeria claims arrest of key Boko Haram, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Potiskum
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It is not known if the word dysfunctional was invented specifically to describe the Nigerian state — several other candidates also come to mind — but the word certainly fills the bill. The political institutions of Africa’s biggest country are … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, GoodluckJonathan, Guardian, Gwynne Dyer, IndepthAfrica, Islamic terrorism, MAIDUGURI, Mohammed Yusuf, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news
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RATHER than just cracking down on Boko Haram, the Federal Government should adopt a dual approach to conclusively check the activities of the group, according to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo said more could be done to reach out to … read more »
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Tagged boko haram news, bokoharam, Borno State, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Inspector-General of Police, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Olusegun Obasanjo
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KANO, Nigeria — Nigerian soldiers have killed five gunmen believed to belong to the Islamist group Boko Haram while losing a soldier and a policeman during a gunbattle in the country’s volatile northeast, the military said on Thursday. Lt. Col. … read more »
Maiduguri – Suspected Islamist extremists have killed 15 Christians by slitting their throats in an attack on a village in Maiduguri , residents and a relief source said on Sunday. “From the information we gathered, the attackers broke into selected … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Christian, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Musari, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The armed men dragged Musa Muhammad out of his house and ordered him to lie face down on the ground. Then they grabbed his son. After asking his name, the men issued their judgment. “I heard three … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, bokoharam, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Muhammad, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news
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THE Joint Task Force (JTF) has denied reports that the Boko Haram Islamic sect was planning to attack Maiduguri metropolis and other parts of Borno State. Speaking Monday in Maiduguri, JTF’s spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa said that the alleged … read more »
My five days in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria – the epicentre of violence perpetrated by the armed group, Boko Haram – was fraught with danger. I had been trying to get access to report from the city for over a … read more »
A FRESH wave of violence has swept through different parts of the country, claiming both security operatives and civilians. In Plateau State, the Special Task Force (STF) Operation Safe Haven said its personnel who were on a routine patrol intercepted … read more »
by Ahmad Salkida Terror initiated bomb blasts from the Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad sect in Nigeria otherwise known as the Boko Haram, may decline or escalate for any period of time but the indicators for overall peace may truly be far -fetched. … read more »
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, bokoharam, Borno, Borno State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sufi
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Nigeria’s military has killed a top commander of militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, an army spokesman has said. Ibn Saleh Ibrahim was killed in an exchange of fire with six of his lieutenants, the … read more »
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Tagged Amnesty International, bbc, bokoharam, Ibrahim, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Mohammed Yusuf, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Thursday
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By Ben Nanaghan On 1 November, 2012 the dreaded Islamic fundamentalist organization known as boko haram offered the olive branch through its second-in-command Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz in a telephone conference chat with journalists in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital. … read more »
By Vincent Obia, analysis Photo: Cartoon on terrorism in Nigeria Perhaps, the closest the country has got to solving the Boko Haram insurgency is the ongoing peace deal between the group and the federal government. The leadership of Jama’atul Ahlis … read more »
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, Amnesty International, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigeria news
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From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI,The Sun Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Committee, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has refuted comments made by the Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika that over 3,000 people had been killed by Boko Haram. Senate President David … read more »
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