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Nigeria: PDP Governors, Abubakar, Nwabueze, Others Insist On March 28, April 11 Polls
Guardian, 10 March 2015
RISING from its meeting in Lagos yesterday, Governors Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted that the rescheduled March 28 and April 11 elections should hold but that… Read more »
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Nigeria: Election Campaign Disconnected From Boko Haram Outrages
AfricaFocus, 13 January 2015
"These images from Northern Nigeria should be searing the conscience of the world. Some two thousand innocent children, women and elderly reportedly massacred in Baga. A young girl… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram and Nigeria's Future - Five Key Questions Answered
UNIRIN, 13 January 2015
The terrible news keeps on coming from Nigeria's embattled northeast. Two suspected child suicide bombers reportedly blew themselves up in a crowded market on Sunday - the second… Read more »
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Nigeria: Displaced Persons in Nigeria Promised a Vote
DW, 14 January 2015
Will lack of security and conflicts in some parts of Nigeria allow for free and democratic elections on February 14? Central authorities in Abuja say they will spare no effort to… Read more »
Nigeria Polls Raise Complex Security Issues
Despite widespread condemnation of the activities of Boko Haram in all parts of the country there is no common national narrative on how to deal with it, analysts say.
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Nigeria: Troops Foil Boko Haram Attempt to Take Over Biu After Two-Hour Gun Battle
Vanguard, 15 January 2015
Maiduguri-- The Defence Haedquarters, yesterday, said that soldiers had repelled Boko Haram new attack after a two-hour gun duel in Biu, Borno State. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Jonathan Urges Military to Remove Saboteurs of Counter-Terrorism Campaign
This Day, 15 January 2015
To corroborate THISDAY report of growing moles in the military ranks, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the military hierarchy to identify the officers and soldiers who are… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Taunts France in New Video
Daily Trust, 15 January 2015
Leader of the Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau yesterday released two videos in which he expressed "gratitude" over the terrorists' attack that befell France last week. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Jonathan Urges Military to Remove Saboteurs
This Day, 14 January 2015
In corroboration of THISDAY report of growing moles with the military ranks, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the military hierarchy to identify the officers and soldiers that… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Dismisses 227 Soldiers for 'Refusing to Fight Boko Haram'
Daily Trust, 14 January 2015
The Nigerian Army yesterday dismissed 227 soldiers over their alleged refusal to fight Boko Haram when the sect attacked and overrun Mubi in October last year. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Returns to Sending Emails, Attacks Borno Barracks
Daily Trust, 14 January 2015
Extremist group Boko Haram has changed the way its sends video to reporters by posting them on youtube channel and sending their links to journalists via email. Read more »
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Cameroon: Boko Haram Insurgents Threaten Cameroon's Educational Goals
IPS, 14 January 2015
"I'd quit my job before going to work in a place like that." That is how a primary school teacher responded when IPS asked him why he had not accepted a job in Cameroon's Far North… Read more »
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Nigeria: AU Summit Seeks Ways of Tackling Boko Haram
CAJ News, 14 January 2015
THE ongoing terror in Nigeria and Kenya will top the agenda during next week's African Union (AU) Summit, Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said on Wednesday. Read more »
