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Nigeria:
Northern Governors Ask Boko Haram to Ceasefire
Premium Times, 26 April 2013
The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has appealed to members of the Boko Haram sect to give peace a chance, saying reverting to attacks and other acts of violence after an… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - What Northern Leaders Must Do, By Kuku
This Day, 29 April 2013
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, at the weekend linked resolution of security challenges arising from the activities of Boko Haram… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tell Boko Haram to Stop Attacking Christians, Anglican Primate Urges Amnesty Panel
Vanguard, 29 April 2013
FOR peace to reign in Nigeria, the Boko Haram Amnesty Committee raised by the Federal Government must prevail on the sect to stop killing Christians and destroying their places of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Government Indicts Politicians for Creating Boko Haram, but Punishes No One
Premium Times, 28 April 2013
A federal government White Paper on Boko Haram- the government's first official report on the sect since it began a deadly uprising in 2009- has indicted "prominent" Borno state… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Suspect That Attacked Secondary School Killed, JTF Says
Premium Times, 27 April 2013
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the troubled city of Maiduguri said the man responsible for the shooting of three students and four teachers in a public school last month has been… Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF - Boko Haram Resorts to Kidnapping to Raise Funds
This Day, 29 April 2013
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State, Operation Restore Order, Sunday revealed that members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram sect have resorted to kidnapping and ransom… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Victims of Boko Haram - Jonathan - 1
Vanguard, 28 April 2013
"In our vile times/man [is], whatever his element/ Either tyrant, or traitor or prisoner", Alexander Puskin, 1799-1837. Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF Kills Top Boko Haram Commander in Combined Operation
This Day, 28 April 2013
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State, Operation Restore Order, Friday , killed a top commander of the Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Chad, in Maiduguri, the state capital,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Amnesty - Getting Down to the Basics
This Day, 28 April 2013
As the federal government inaugurates the amnesty committee for Boko Haram, Vincent Obia looks at the task before the committee and the role of the religious and traditional… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Orders Inquiries Into Boko Haram Killings
Cameroon Tribune, 28 April 2013
Both President Jonathan and the Senate have ordered probes into last week's fighting in Baga. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Multinational Force VS Boko Haram - Destroying Baga to Save It? - Prologue
Vanguard, 27 April 2013
"It became neccessary to destroy the village in order to save it" - An American major after the destruction of a Vietnamese Village Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF Kill Top Boko Haram Commander
Vanguard, 27 April 2013
Mohammed Chad, a top Boko Haram Commander and an indigene of Marte Local Government Area of Borno State who has been on the wanted list of the Joint Task Force (JTF) has been… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Wanted Boko Haram Commander Killed in Maiduguri - JTF
Premium Times, 28 April 2013
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday announced the killing of a suspected Boko Haram commander, Mohammed Chad, during a special operation in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Got N500 Million to Free French Hostages - Report
Premium Times, 26 April 2013
Boko Haram were paid N500 million ($3.15 million) to free seven French hostages kidnapped in February, a confidential document from the Nigerian government available to Reuters… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Northern Governors to Boko Haram - It's Time for a Ceasefire!
Vanguard, 26 April 2013
WITH continued killings in the north and destruction of property, governors of the nineteen northern states under the aegis, Northern States Governors Forum, (NSGF) yesterday… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Christians Decry FG's Silence On Plight of Boko Haram Victims
Vanguard, 26 April 2013
NORTHERN Christians under the aegis of Christian Elders Forum of Northern States have expressed disgust at the unholy silence of the Federal Government over the plight of victims… Read more »