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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Excesses Must Stop - Jonathan
Vanguard, 27 May 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said the federal government was ready to commit every resources at it disposal to ensure that the excesses of the violent Boko Haram sect was… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Vows to Stop Boko Haram At All Cost
Premium Times, 26 May 2013
No matter the cost, the excesses of extremist group, Boko Haram, must stop, President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed in a new resolve that comes two weeks into a broad military… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Army Frees Kids, Women Abducted By Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 25 May 2013
Nine out of the 12 children and women seized by Boko Haram, who appeared in one of the videos released by the sect's leader Abubakar Shekau have been rescued by the Army, Director… Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF - 'We've Rescued Nine Hostages Held By Boko Haram'
This Day, 25 May 2013
Troops deployed to smoke out insurgents in Borno State have rescued three women and six children after overrunning three terrorists camps in the notorious Sambisa forest area of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Boko Haram Handiwork of Destructive Politicians'
Daily Trust, 27 May 2013
A Professor of Islamic Studies, Yasir Quadri, has said Boko Haram is not an agent of Islam, but the "handiwork of the destructive Nigerian politicians". Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Not Agent of Islam, Says University Don
This Day, 27 May 2013
A professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Ilorin, Yasir Quadri, at the weekend said Boko Haram, a radical Islamist insurgent group, is not an agent of Islam, but the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
The Malcolm Xian Logic in Jonathan's Praiseworthy Boko Haram Offensive
Daily Trust, 25 May 2013
I memorized almost all of Malcolm X's speeches when I was an undergraduate at the Bayero University in Kano. You may disagree with the man's philosophy (and I disagree with many)… Read more »
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Nigeria:
In Boko Haram Offensive, Nigerian Forces On Familiar Ground
VOA, 24 May 2013
It has been less than 10 days since the Nigerian military began what it calls a "massive" offensive against Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist militant group that claims ties to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
On Fani-Kayode, Jonathan, Yuguda and Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 26 May 2013
Reading Mr Femi Fani-Kayode's misleading article entitled: "A People in Denial" in Daily Trust of Wednesday, April 24, 2013, where he laboured to denigrate President Goodluck Ebele… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Presidential Committee Visits Boko Haram Suspects, Victims
Leadership, 25 May 2013
The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North yesterday visited some Boko Haram suspects, bomb sites and victims in Kaduna. Read more »