Nigeria Govt Rejects Negotiations with Boko Haram

Nigeria's government will not open talks with an Islamist sect blamed for scores of deadly bomb blasts and shootings in the north east of the country.

A bomb blast at a church in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, killed three people and wounded seven. (file photo)

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    Daily Champion, 3 August 2011

    Federal Government yesterday cautioned newly inaugurated Presidential Committee on Boko-Haram charged with finding a  lasting solution to the crisis in the North-East not… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Two Blasts Rock Jos

    Daily Trust, 1 August 2011

    Tension and anxiety returned to the Plateau State capital, Jos yesterday when two separate explosives were detonated by unknown persons at Anguwar Rimi and Sarkin Mangu area in Jos… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Govt to Negotiate With Boko Haram

    RNW Africa, 31 July 2011

    Nigeria's government will open talks with an Islamist sect blamed for scores of deadly bomb blasts and shootings in the northeast, a federal government statement said Saturday. Read more »

  • Nigeria:   FG Appoints Committee to Dialogue With Boko Haram

    Vanguard, 30 July 2011

    The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator Anyim Pius Anyim yesterday in Abuja inaugurated an eight man- Committee to look into the Security challenges in the… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Boko Haram - FG to Classify National Assets

    Vanguard, 1 August 2011

    The Federal Government is to classify its national assets for effective security coverage in the face of crippling intra-agency bickering and lapses that militate against national… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   No Dialogue With Boko Haram - Petinrin

    Daily Trust, 30 July 2011

    CHIEF of Defence Staff, Chief Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin who was in Maiduguri explains the challenges confronting the members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) including the Army,… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Boko Haram - NYSC Spends N4 Million on Corps Members' Relocation

    Independent (Lagos), 28 July 2011

    National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) may have spent about N4 million on transportation to get the 2011 Batch 'B' Corp members out of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in view of… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Boko Haram Threatens to Attack Kano

    Leadership, 28 July 2011

    The Jama'atu Ahlissunnah Liddawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, has issued a warning signal to Kano State government over the arrest of its members in the state,… Read more »

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