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Nigeria: No PDP governor is planning to dump party – Anenih

April 4, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, Wednesday stated that none of its Governors was planning to defect from the party. Anenih affirmed that the party was intact and would come out … read more »

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Nigeria: Residents flee Maiduguri over terrorists’ threat

July 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

SUSPECTED terrorists yesterday scaled up their attacks in Borno, Kaduna and Sokoto states. Five people, including a suicide bomber who carried out the first attack in Sokoto since the insurgency in the North began in 2009, died in the explosion. … read more »

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5,000 policemen on the alert as Jonathan opens Almajiri school in Sokoto

April 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Security has been tightened in Sokoto as President Goodluck Jonathan visits the state to inaugurate the Federal Government Model Almajiri School. The Almajiri School project is part of the programmes initiated by the Federal Government to combat the poor education … read more »

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Can Nigerian Islamic schools prevent militants recruiting?

March 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Nigerian city of Sokoto, where two foreign hostages were killed this month in a botched rescue attempt, hopes that a model state-funded school can help stop poor children from becoming possible recruits for Islamist militants. There are plans to … read more »

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Nigeria: Briton, Italian killed before rescue

March 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – The Briton and Italian kidnapped in Nigeria were abducted by a splinter cell of a radical Islamist sect and executed before a failed commando rescue operation, the nation’s secret police said on Wednesday. Nigeria’s secretive State Security Service … read more »

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Nigerians recount failed hostage rescue bid

March 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Kano – About a hundred troops, military trucks and a helicopter were deployed in a failed hostage rescue bid in Nigeria in which an Italian and Briton were killed, witnesses said on Friday. As Italy seethed over how it had … read more »

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Nigeria escaped sect member rearrested for bombing in Pictures

February 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

ABUJA, Nigeria — The alleged mastermind of a radical Islamist sect’s Christmas Day church bombing fled across Nigeria after escaping police custody and hid for about a month before finally being apprehended Friday, authorities said. The arrest of Kabiru Sokoto … read more »

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Nigeria: INEC is facing challenges with voter registration, Jega admits

January 30, 2011 by benim

The chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has admitted the numerous challenges being faced by the commission in the ongoing voter registration, saying that as the commission was tackling the challenges as they arose, the exercise would … read more »

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