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Nigeria:
15 Boko Haram Suspects Arrested in Lagos
Daily Trust, 28 June 2013
About 15 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested in Lagos by security agents. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Kills Soldier, Abduct Three Others
Daily Trust, 29 June 2013
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday ambushed security operatives attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Potiskum and killed a soldier, while three others were abducted,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Four Churches Burned By Boko Haram
CISA, 18 June 2013
Four churches were burned in an attack probably committed by members of the jihadist group Boko Haram in Borno State, one of the three northern states of Nigeria where a state of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Nigeria Needs a Criminal Tribunal and Not Amnesty for Boko Haram
ISS, 24 June 2013
More than 700 Nigerians have died so far this year in over 80 attacks associated with Boko Haram, the Nigerian terrorist group that a recent United States report ranked as the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
New Law On Boko Haram - Journalists Now Walk On Tight Rope
Daily Trust, 30 June 2013
Weeks after the proscription of Boko Haram and other extremist groups by the federal government, some vague provisions of the proscription order being interpreted as an attempt to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Activities Give Me Sleepless Nights, Says Ihejirika
Vanguard, 1 July 2013
Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika, disclosed, yesterday, that he has had sleepless nights since 2010 when he was appointed COAS because of activities of the Boko… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Commission - JTF, Boko Haram Committed Atrocities in Baga
This Day, 1 July 2013
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found evidence of atrocities allegedly committed by men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and Boko Haram in Baga, Borno State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Soldiers Battling Boko Haram Complain of Low Morale
Premium Times, 29 June 2013
Some Nigerian soldiers deployed to Yobe State as part of the Joint Task Force to check insurgency have complained of abandonment and accused the military authorities of keeping… Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF Smashes Boko Haram, Recovers Vehicles, Arms - Spokesman
Daily Trust, 30 June 2013
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe said yesterday that it had smashed a Boko Haram group in Fune, recovering two vehicles, arms, ammunition and other materials. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Obama - Bad Governance Responsible for Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 30 June 2013
President Barrack Obama has blamed the failure of leadership and bad governance for the insurgency challenge Nigeria is currently going through. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Vigilantes Going After Boko Haram Work Under Military Supervision - JTF
Premium Times, 30 June 2013
The military's Joint Task Force, JTF, in Borno State, Sunday, allayed the fears of people in the state over the activities of the youth vigilante groups hunting the Islamic… Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF Smashes Boko Haram Cell, Recovers Vehicles, Arms - - Spokesman
Premium Times, 29 June 2013
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe said on Saturday that it had smashed a Boko Haram group in Fune, recovering two vehicles, arms, ammunitions and other materials. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Something Worse Than Boko Haram Is Coming, Says Prophet Olabayo
Vanguard, 30 June 2013
PRIMATE Theophilus Olabayo, 67, founder of Evangelical Church of Yahweh with headquarters in Mende, Maryland, Lagos, had remained one of Nigeria's respected prophets whose… Read more »