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Nigeria:
October 1 Bombing - We've Got All Okah's Men --SSS
Daily Champion, 12 October 2011
Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday boasted that it has in its net all the five suspects who liaised with fugitive Henry Okah to detonate bombs that killed several people… Read more »
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Nigeria:
SSS Arrests October 1 'Bombers'
Daily Trust, 12 October 2011
Three suspects, including a banker, have been arrested over two car bombings on last year's Independence Day in Abuja, which killed at least 12 people, the State Security Service… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Oct 1 Bombings - SSS Confirms Arrest of Banker
This Day, 12 October 2011
Three more suspects of the October 1, 2010 bombing at the Eagle Square, Abuja, have been arrested and their operational vehicles and munitions seized. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan - We Didn't Celebrate Independence Anniversary
This Day, 7 October 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that his administration did not succumb to threats of bomb blasts from Boko Haram and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta… Read more »
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Gambia:
Nigeria High Commissioner Calls On Nations to Fight Against Terrorism,As Her Country Celebrates 51 Years of Nationhood
Daily Observer, 4 October 2011
The Nigeria high commissioner to The Gambia has called on all nations to fight terrorism and join hands to promote peace and security for economic and social growth. Read more »
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Nigeria:
October 1 - the Day They Hid the President
Daily Champion, 4 October 2011
The most painful thing was that they went and hid the President in the Villa and did the celebration away from where every Nigerian can be a part of it." That was a Nigerian.A… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Jonathan Celebrated Inside Villa, By Spokesman
Daily Trust, 2 October 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan, along with top government officials celebrated yesterday's 51st Independence Anniversary inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja because the anniversary… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bomb Scare Prompts Tight Security in Abuja
Daily Trust, 2 October 2011
Thousands of policemen, soldiers and other civil defence forces swarmed Abuja roads searching vehicles amid tension that the Boko Haram sect or the outlawed Movement for the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Painful Reminder for Survivors of Oct. 1st Bombs
Daily Trust, 1 October 2011
ASP Anthony Etim (now retired), was posted to Eagle Square for police duty exactly one year ago during the anniversary celebration of Nigeria's 50th independence when bombs planted… Read more »