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Nigeria:
Jonathan Gives Boko Haram Amnesty Committee Tough Deadline
Daily Trust, 25 April 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave the committee on Boko Haram amnesty three months to open talks with the sect as well as work out modalities for granting amnesty and for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Inaugurates Panel On Boko Haram, Tasks it On Results
This Day, 25 April 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday vowed stiff sanctions against any soldier found to have breached the rules of engagement during last weekend's killings at Baga town in Borno… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Dialogue With Boko Haram Leaders Is Achievable'
Daily Trust, 25 April 2013
A member of the Federal Government amnesty committee Alhaji Abubakar Sani Lugga yesterday said dialogue with leaders of Jama'tu Ahlissunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad better known as… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Amnesty to Boko Haram - PFN President Calls for Caution
Vanguard, 25 April 2013
NATIONAL President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to be very cautious in his planned amnesty for members of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
What Boko Haram Members Told Me - Supreme Council for Sharia President
Daily Trust, 25 April 2013
Dr. Ibrahim Datti Ahmed is the President of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN). He recently declined to serve on the committee constituted by President Goodluck… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Baga Killings Will Not Obstruct Dialogue With Boko Haram, Says Lugga
This Day, 24 April 2013
A member of the Presidential Amnesty Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Dr. Sani Read more »
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Nigeria:
As Jonathan Names Amnesty Panel...Boko Haram to Get 60 Days to Disarm
Daily Trust, 18 April 2013
Members of the Boko Haram sect will be given a 60-day window within which to disarm under a Federal Government dialogue and amnesty programme announced yesterday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Inaugurates Committee On Boko Haram - to Come Up With Solution in Three Months
Premium Times, 24 April 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated the Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North with a mandate to proffer solution to the Boko… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Inaugurates Boko Haram C'ttee, Cautions Soldiers to Be Mindful of Civilians
This Day, 24 April 2013
In an apparent reaction to the state of siege on Baga town in Borno State after the Friday clash between soldiers of the Multi-national Task Force (MTF) and Boko Haram Islamist… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Come Up With Solutions That Will Restore Peace, Jonathan Tasks Amnesty C'ttee
Vanguard, 24 April 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has charged members of the Presidential Committee on engagement with members of the Boko Haram Sect to come up with solutions that will restore peace in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Diete-Spiff Encourages FG to Dialogue With Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 25 April 2013
Former military administrator of old Rivers State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, has warned that nobody or group of persons should discourage the Federal Government from dialoguing with… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Attacks Army Base, Police Station in Gashua, Yobe
Premium Times, 25 April 2013
The JTF confirmed the attack. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Two Policemen, Five Boko Haram Killed in Gashua, Yobe, Gunfight, JTF Says
Premium Times, 25 April 2013
Two police officers and five gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram were killed during a midnight shootout between the insurgents and security officials in Gashua Town of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Leader of Pentecostal Christians Cautions Jonathan On Amnesty for Boko Haram
Premium Times, 24 April 2013
The Nigerian cleric urged the government to compensate victims of insurgents' attacks. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Customs Officers Abandon Posting in Maiduguri
This Day, 25 April 2013
The spate of insecurity in the northern part of the country particularly, Maiduguri, Borno State, has forced new customs officers assigned to the state to abandon their duty posts. Read more »