Nigeria To Free Children Held In Insurgency SwoopThursday, May 23, 2013 ABUJA AFP - Nigerian authorities have detained children in connection with the Islamist insurgency they are battling, but the government plans to release them under a peace gesture announced this week, a statement said Thursday.The statement from an adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan comes ... |
Chinua Achebe's Body Arrives In NigeriaWednesday, May 22, 2013 The body of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe has arrived in Enugu, Nigeria, ahead of final funeral rites to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, according to a lindaikeji blog report.The body of the African Literary Giant upon arrival was welcomed by his elder brother Chief Augustine Achebe, his ... |
Granting amnesty to Boko Haram is unconstitutional, says HURIWATuesday, May 21, 2013 Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko is the National Cordinator , Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria HURIWA , He spoke to the media office of HURIWA on issues connected with the ongoing move to grant amnesty to terrorists and other sundry issues; ExcerptAs a Human Rights Advocate ... |
Nigeria to release all women held for 'terrorism'Tuesday, May 21, 2013 ABUJA AFP - Nigeria said Tuesday it would release several suspects held for terrorist activities, including all women in custody, in what it called a peace gesture to the Islamists it is battling in the north.Consequent upon the directives of the president ... the Defence Headquarters will ... |
Nigeria says it has retaken five Islamist strongholdsMonday, May 20, 2013 ABUJA AFP - Nigerias military on Monday said it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants.The military has secured the environs of New Marte, Hausari ... |
Nigeria offensive on Islamists escalates in key citySunday, May 19, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria AFP - A key city in northeast Nigeria was on lockdown Sunday as the military enforced a 24-hour curfew and blocked supply routes in its sweeping campaign against Islamist insurgents.The operation against Boko Haram, the group that wants an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, ... |
Nigeria imposes curfew in campaign against IslamistsSaturday, May 18, 2013 KANO, Nigeria AFP - Nigerias military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as it pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent residents fleeing the region.Locals in a remote insurgent stronghold near the border with Cameroon have begun ... |
Air strikes, dozens dead in Nigeria assault on IslamistsFriday, May 17, 2013 KANO, Nigeria AFP - Nigerias military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching air strikes on insurgent camp with dozens of militants killed in the fighting, the military said.Several thousand soldiers have spread across three northeastern states wher ... |
British worker killed by kidnappers in Nigeria: inquestFriday, May 17, 2013 LONDON AFP - A British construction worker taken hostage in Nigeria was shot dead by his Islamist kidnappers minutes after the start of a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation at the compound where they were held, his inquest heard Friday.Chris McManus, 28, was shot six times through a toilet ... |
Air strikes, casualties in Nigeria offensive on IslamistsFriday, May 17, 2013 KANO, Nigeria AFP - Nigerias military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching deadly air strikes on insurgent camps, the military said, while residents reported that forces had deployed in border areas to block the militants from fleeing.Several thou ... |
Nigeria mounts offensive against Islamist insurgentsThursday, May 16, 2013 KANO, Nigeria AFP - More than 2,000 Nigerian troops have begun an offensive to retake territory seized by Islamist insurgents in the remote northeast, some of them raiding camps in a game reserve, a military source told AFP Thursday.The military has launched a sweeping operation to flush out f ... |
'Massive' troop deployment in Nigeria's northeastWednesday, May 15, 2013 ABUJA AFP - Nigerias military has announced a massive deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Islamist insurgents have seized territory.A military source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP Wednesday that fighte ... |
SNP Stands With The Government Of Nigeria's Declaration Of War Against TerrorWednesday, May 15, 2013 The Nigerian Youth Party, the Sovereign National Party of Nigeria declares its solidarity with the government and good people of Nigeria in declaration of TOTAL war against the unscrupulous elements who dare to threaten the peace, stability and sovereignty of our dear nation.We use this me ... |
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