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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - House of Reps Declares Today Mourning Day for Slain Children
This Day, 11 March 2014
As the House of Representatives resumes plenary today, indications have emerged that it will declare day a mourning day to honour the school kids murdered in cold blood by the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Death Returns to Maiduguri
Daily Trust, 8 March 2014
Since May, 2013, there has been respite in Maiduguri, Borno State capital and the notorious epicenter of violent insurgency. Before then, the city had witnessed series of killings,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
More Dead As Benue Boils Again
Daily Trust, 11 March 2014
Five persons have been killed this morning with several communities in Guma local government area of Benue state currently in flames after suspected herders invaded the area. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Despite Boko Haram Killings, Nigerian Government Deploys 820 New NYSC Corps Members to Borno
Premium Times, 7 March 2014
Despite the killing of hundreds of people in Borno in the last one month by the outlawed Boko Haram sect, the National Youth Service Corps has deployed 820 new corps members to the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Station, Court, Primary School Razed - Scores Killed in Adamawa
Vanguard, 11 March 2014
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, weekend, attacked a police station, court, primary school and three churches in Fota Village, Lala District at Gombi Local Government… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Army Kills 210 in Sambisa Forest
Daily Trust, 9 March 2014
Over 210 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been killed in the past few days by security forces carrying out raid on Sambisa Forest, sources close to the operation and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'There Is More to Insurgency Attacks Than Meets the Eye'
Daily Trust, 10 March 2014
Text of a letter by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) submitted to the Northern States Governors Forum chairman, Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, on Friday. The… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Resurging Insurgency
Daily Trust, 9 March 2014
You do not have to hate the sight of blood to be horrified by the gory killings in the on-going attacks on villages in Borno and Yobe states, ostensibly perpetrated by Boko Haram.… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Al-Qaeda Takes Over Boko Haram
Vanguard, 9 March 2014
There are very strong indications to suggest that al-Qaeda, the global terror organization founded by the late Osama Bin Laden, may have taken control of the notorious and deadly… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - in Tapping Gusau, FG Puts Intelligence Back On Top
This Day, 9 March 2014
The determination of the Federal Government to address intelligence gaps in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram, which has been wreaking havoc in three states of the Northeast, is… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Are We Fighting the Wrong War Against Boko Haram? (I)
Daily Trust, 11 March 2014
Since Kashim Shettima, the under-standably frustrated Governor of Borno State, complained about the Federal Government's lack of seriousness in fighting the insurgent terrorists… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lagos Police Commissioner Debunks Rumour of Boko Haram Attack
Vanguard, 11 March 2014
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, yesterday, described as baseless, claims that some members of Boko Haram sect attempted to blow up Synagogue Church of All… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Are Seeing Hell - Borno Elders
Vanguard, 11 March 2014
The Bornu Elders, Monday gave a graphic details of how life in Borno and the entire north east has been reduced to hell by the activities insurgents. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Parradang - Over 37 Immigration Officers Killed On Duty By Boko Haram
This Day, 8 March 2014
Senator Iroegbu The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. David Parradang has disclosed that over 37 officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), have been killed by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Insurgency - Yobe Spends N6 Billion in 27 Months - Gaidam
Daily Trust, 10 March 2014
More than N6 billion has so far been expended by the Yobe State government on mobilisation and other logistics support to the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fighting Terror From Faulty Premises
This Day, 10 March 2014
About two weeks ago, a certain presidential aide allegedly wrote and circulated an article that should have earned him an immediate sack by a president and commander-in-chief alive… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Updated Timeline of Boko Haram Attacks and Related Violence
UNIRIN, 12 December 2013
Despite a fierce crackdown on insurgent group Boko Haram by Nigerian security forces, violence in northeastern Nigeria has not abated. Over 100 people have been killed in attacks… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Civilian Vigilante Groups Increase Dangers in North-Eastern Nigeria
UNIRIN, 12 December 2013
Members of civilian vigilante groups known as the "civilian joint task force" (CJTF) are taking an increasingly active role in the government's fight against Boko Haram (BH). But… Read more »