Can the Nigerian Police Contain Boko Haram?
Not even the new National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, can say when and how the Islamic sect Boko Haram will be addressed.
Nigeria's Boko Haram.
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Will Soon Be Contained - GOC
Vanguard, 2 July 2012
General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jack Nwaogbo, has again re-assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram insurgency would soon be… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Emirs Can Handle Boko Haram Menace - Potiskum Emirate
Leadership, 1 July 2012
Special Adviser on Communications and Security Strategy to the Mai Potiskum, Yobe State, Mallam Gidado Ibrahim has said that all the Emirates in Yobe State are capable of putting… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Dialogue Still Remains the Best Option - NSA
Vanguard, 30 June 2012
THE newly appointed National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, has said that dialogue with the members Jamaatul Ahlis Sunnah lid Daawa wal Jihad popularly known as… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kogi Pledges Adequate Security at Churches, Mosques
Daily Trust, 2 July 2012
The Kogi State government has restated its commitment towards protection of places of worship in the state. Governor Idris Wada made the pledge when executive members of the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Why We Don't Apply Full Force - COAS
Leadership, 30 June 2012
The chief of army staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, said yesterday that the military had been careful to not unleash its full might on insurgents in the north because of the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Northern Govs' Wives Appeal to Boko Haram
Vanguard, 2 July 2012
Disturbed by the increasing activities of the Boko Haram sect and the loss of innocent lives in parts of northern states, wives of the 19 northern state governors, under the aegis… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Investors Beg Jonathan to Speed Action
Vanguard, 30 June 2012
Business men in the country have pleaded with the Federal Government to fast-track the dialogue process with the Boko Haram sect in order to avert further destruction of lives and… Read more »
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West Africa:
ECOWAS Drums Up Support for Nigeria Against Boko Haram
Leadership, 2 July 2012
The Heads of State and Government of Economic Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has called for support to Nigeria in its fight against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko… Read more »
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Presently Nigeria is dealing with homegrown insurgency and terrorism hence the need for Special Operations unit to deal with the problem. Read more »