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EXPOSED: Ways To End Boko Haram Insurgency In Nigeria

Following the unabated acts of terrorism being perpetrated across Nigeria by the Islamists terror group, Boko Haram, security experts are continuing to advise the federal government on ways to win the...

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Ramadan: Jonathan urges Muslims to pray for peace, security

AS Muslims in the country begin this year’s Ramadan fast, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged them to offer special prayers during the the period for peace and security of the nation. In a statement...

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Oshodi-Apapa Expressway 65% completed

The Engineer in charge of the reconstruction of the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway in Lagos, Mrs Adigom-Vivienne Aniagoh, on Saturday said that the project had reached 65 per cent completion. Aniagoh told the...

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Scores feared killed, Churches burnt as gunmen attack communities near Chibok

Scores are feared dead after armed men attacked two communities near Chibok in Borno State early Sunday. Gunmen stormed Kwada and Kautikari when most residents were worshipping in different Churches,...

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Children more likely to die in Nigeria than in any other country...

Nearly half of all deaths in children under age five occur in the first 28 days of life. Nigeria has the highest rate of child deaths among all the nations represented at the ongoing 2014 FIFA World...

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Boko Haram: Women banned from carrying handbags to Enugu Catholic Churches

The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, on Sunday, banned women from attending church services with hand-bags. The ban followed recent incursion of the Boko Haram insurgents into the South-East, especially the...

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Boko Haram: 100 feared killed as insurgents attack Chibok

Five churches, including COCIN, EYN and Deeper Life Bible Church, in Kwada village about 10 kilometres from Chibok town, were on Sunday attacked by Boko Haram insurgents. The attackers, according to...

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APC condemns Boko Haram attacks, lambasts FG’s security strategy

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks in Abuja and Bauchi that killed at least 37 people and injured many more, calling the Boko Haram group...

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Arisekola is alive—Obasanjo

BY OLA AJAYI, Ibadan Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late  Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao, saying the vacuum...

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President may be banished in Ijaw land if … – Ex-militants

By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY-HUNDREDS of Ex- Militants in the Niger Delta, held a procession in the streets of Benin City weekend, calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intension to...

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Nothing can justify spilling of blood of innocent citizens – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks in Abuja and Bauchi that killed at least 37 people and injured many more, calling the Boko Haram group...

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Some Politicians Working To Undermine Nation’s Democracy – Presidency

The presidency at the weekend declared that there are some desperate politicians working assiduously to undermine democratic governance in the country. Special Adviser to the President on Political...

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Suspected Islamists attack churches near Chibok

MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped in...

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Former France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy in detention

PARIS, July 1, 2014 (AFP) – Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday became the first former French president to be taken into formal custody as he was detained for questioning in an influence-peddling probe....

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Charlyboy speaks on halting Governor Okorocha’s speech at his father’s burial

Over the weekend, Maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa – CharlyBoy made headlines for allegedly stopping Governor Rochas Okorocha midway into his speech at the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa‘s burial....

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Ex-militants threaten to cut off fuel supply to North for opposing Jonathan’s...

Some former militant leaders under the umbrella of Peace and Cultural Development Initiative have vowed to cut off the supply of petroleum products to the Northern part of the country, if the region...

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Bayelsa oil company strikes oil, Governor Dickson attributes breakthrough to God

It has been disclosed that, the Bayelsa State Government owned Oil Company has struck oil in one the wells of the Oil block it acquired after many years of exploration. Governor Seriake Dickson made...

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Insecurity: Minister orders hotels in Abuja to submit guests’ list to...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed has directed all hotels in the Federal Capital Territory to forward lists of their guests to the FCT Directorate of State Security...

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Update: Bomb rips through Maiduguri market 48 hours into Ramadan

Boko Haram sect this morning bombed a crowded market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The market is located close  to a Power Holding Company of Nigeria building. The number of casualty is...

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My administration will not yield to terror – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his administration would not relent on its oars until the battle against terrorism is won. Jonathan gave this assurance while speaking through the Vice...

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