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Nigeria: Fayose Right to Oppose $1 Billion Eca to Fight Boko Haram - Gbajabiamila
Premium Times, 18 December 2017
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has the moral right to kick against the governors'… Read more »
U.S.$1 Billion to Fight Boko Haram Sparks Row
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has claimed that the request for the money made no sense since the federal government had earlier boasted of defeating the terror sect. The government had asked for U.S.$1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram militants.
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Nigeria: Unlike Fayose, Wike Fails to Condemn $1 Billion ECA Fund to Fight Boko Haram
Premium Times, 17 December 2017
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reacted to the recent decision to spend $1 billion of the funds in the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria: Come Clean On $1bn ECA Withdrawal, PDP Tells Govt
This Day, 18 December 2017
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the federal government to be more honest with Nigerians on what it plans to use the $1bn excess crude oil money approved for its… Read more »
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Niger: Former Boko Haram Fighters Wait for Rehabilitation Facility
VOA, 18 December 2017
The multinational joint task force fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria says it will hold some 200 former terrorists until Cameroon can construct a… Read more »
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Nigeria: $1bn to Fight Boko Haram - Wike Demands for Special Fund for Niger Delta
This Day, 18 December 2017
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government must as a matter of urgency release funds for tackling issues of… Read more »
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Africa: Far From Defeated - Boko Haram Gears Up for a Deadly Christmas
African Arguments, 14 December 2017
Despite claims of their defeat, Islamist fighters have launched numerous attacks on both civilians and military bases in recent weeks. Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Leaders Say Extra U.S.$1 Bn to Fight Boko Haram Discriminatory
Guardian, 18 December 2017
Federal government's plan to spend additional $1billion Excess Crude Account (ECA) fund in the fight against Boko Haram is not going down well with the Niger Delta region and the… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.$1 Bn to Fight Boko Haram - Wike Demands Special Fund for N-Delta
Vanguard, 18 December 2017
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the Federal Government must, as a matter of urgency, release funds for tackling of issues of environmental degradation and… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Many 'Defeats' of Boko Haram
Africa Check, 26 September 2017
At the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly thanked the king of Jordan for donating military hardware to his country to… Read more »
InFocus
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is taking the necessary measures to end suicide bombings by Boko Haram militants, saying the attacks are ... Read more »
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The army has claimed that it has pushed the militant group out of its last stronghold in Sambisa forest. Read more »
