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Nigeria: Emergency Rule, Not a Solution to Insecurity - Archbishop Fearon
Daily Trust, 19 May 2013
The Archbishop of Kaduna Anglican Diocese, Most Reverend Josiah Idowu Fearon, has stated that the emergency rule declared by President Goodluck Jonathan on Yobe, Adamawa and Borno… Read more »
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Nigeria: State of Emergency Will Restore Peace - Women Council
Daily Trust, 20 May 2013
The National Council of Women Society (NCWS) has described the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in the three states of Yobe, Adamawa, and Borno as the… Read more »
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Nigeria: The State of Emergency and the Rights of Citizens
Premium Times, 20 May 2013
Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks… Read more »
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Nigeria: Beyond Emergency Rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
Vanguard, 18 May 2013
The declaration of a state of emergency by the President in the three states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa is a welcome development. Although, in actual fact, it is overdue, but it is… Read more »
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Nigeria: Northern Governors Declare Support for Emergency Rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
Premium Times, 18 May 2013
The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has expressed support for the emergency rule imposed on the Northern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Parliament Backs Government's Declaration of State of Emergency in Three States
Premium Times, 18 May 2013
The ECOWAS Parliament on Friday in Abuja expressed support for Federal Government's declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. Read more »
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Nigeria: Has Jonathan Really Declared a State of Emergency?
Premium Times, 20 May 2013
On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, in a televised national broadcast, "declared" a state of emergency in the North-Eastern States of Borno,… Read more »
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Nigeria: The State of Emergency and Rights of Nigerians
Daily Trust, 20 May 2013
Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks… Read more »
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Nigeria: Emergency - Northern Governors' Wives Caution Military
Daily Trust, 20 May 2013
Wives of northern governors have called for the federal government to ensure that deployed soldiers to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe, respect human rights during their operations. Read more »
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Nigeria: Emergency - FG Assures Diplomats of Safety
Daily Trust, 20 May 2013
Federal government would ensure safety of the members of the diplomatic corps and other Nigerians residing in the state where emergency rule have been declared, Foreign Affairs… Read more »
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Nigeria: Emergency Rule Unnecessary - Kalu
Daily Trust, 20 May 2013
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has described the declaration of state of emergency on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States by President Goodluck Jonathan as… Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno, Yobe - the Road to Emergency Rule
This Day, 18 May 2013
AFTER OVER THREE YEARS OF INDECISION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON TUESDAY EVENTUALLY PICKED UP THE COURAGE AND IMPOSED EMERGENCY RULE IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES. THIS, THE… Read more »
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Nigeria: Catholic Conference Okays Emergency Rule
This Day, 18 May 2013
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has endorsed recent measures taken by the federal government to check insurgency and rising wave of crime in parts of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Emergency Rule Not Against North, Says Presidency
This Day, 18 May 2013
The Presidency, yesterday, said the President Goodluck Jonathan government would not declare war on the north, as the President holds the northern elders and leaders in high… Read more »
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Nigeria: Sultan, CAN Sue for Peace As Northern Elders Oppose Emergency Rule
This Day, 17 May 2013
Tuesday's declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States yesterday created more rumpus in the polity as more groups and individuals reacted to the decision of… Read more »