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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - CAN, JNI in Bitter Spat Over Amnesty
This Day, 13 April 2013
The umbrella organisation of Muslims in the North, the Jamatu Nasril Islam Friday chided the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor for his… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Amnesty for Boko Haram - to Grant or Not to Grant
This Day, 13 April 2013
The debate about whether or not there should be amnesty for the Boko Haram sect members have tended to demonstrate our diversity: our various backgrounds, cultures and disparate… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - ECWA Demands Compensation for Burnt Churches
This Day, 12 April 2013
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to compensate for the churches and properties belonging to Christians that have been destroyed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Finally, Amnesty Comes to 'Ghosts'
Vanguard, 13 April 2013
Recently, President Goodluck Jonathan succumbed to the pressures to grant presidential amnesty to members of Boko Haram sect. Read more »
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Nigeria:
How Boko Haram Killings Will End - Turton
Vanguard, 13 April 2013
THE President of Ondo state Unification of Cherubim and Seraphim, Primate Ademisokun Turton has declared that the killings by the dreaded Boko Haram religious sect will come to an… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Didn't Kill my Aide, Kidnap my Daughter - Adamawa Deputy Gov.
Daily Trust, 14 April 2013
Barely five days, after his house in Midlu village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State came under attack by unidentified gunmen where two of his security details… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Reps Divided Over Amnesty for Boko Haram
Vanguard, 15 April 2013
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives seem to be sharply divided over the planned granting of amnesty by the Federal Government to members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Political Boko Haram Behind Rejection of Amnesty - Yuguda
Vanguard, 15 April 2013
Criminal and politically minded insurgents in the Boko Haram group were behind last week's rejection of the amnesty plans of the Federal Government, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Governor Aliyu Seeks Support for Amnesty Plan for Boko Haram
Leadership, 14 April 2013
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger has called on the speakers of the 19 Northern states to support President Goodluck Jonathan's proposed amnesty programme for members of the Boko Haram… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram and the Case for Amnesty
Vanguard, 13 April 2013
French poet Victor Hugo once stated that "amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides". Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Collapse of Amnesty May Lead to Civil War, Bola Ajibola Warns
Vanguard, 15 April 2013
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, has expressed fears that the collapse of the ongoing amnesty plans for Boko Haram… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Gov. Aliyu Seeks Support for Jonathan's Amnesty Plan for Boko Haram
Premium Times, 14 April 2013
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger has called on the speakers of the 19 Northern states to support President Goodluck Jonathan's proposed amnesty programme for members of the Boko… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Our Position On Amnesty for Boko Haram Misrepresented - Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Vanguard, 14 April 2013
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo, the apex social-cultural cum political body of Igbo people world over, Chief Gary Enwo- Igariwe, has said that the position of the group… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lawmaker - Boko Haram Has Ridicled Jonathan's Govt
This Day, 13 April 2013
Member representing Jos South/Jos East constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze has lamented the rejection amnesty offered Boko Haram by the… Read more »