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Military says over 200 suspected Boko Haram insurgents arrested

May 20, 2013 no comments
Nigeria’s military says over 200 suspected Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested since it launched its offensive against the sect across the northeast. Military forces said on Monday that th...
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State of emergency: Thousands reportedly flee Borno to Niger Republic

May 20, 2013 no comments
Thousands of Nigerians living in border villages and towns in Borno state are reportedly seeking refuge in neighbouring Niger Republic, fleeing the heightened security raids in their northeast state ...
Boko Haram suspect Kabiru Sokoto after he was rearrested on Friday, 10 February 2012

Madalla bombing: Kabiru Sokoto says “no case to answer”

May 17, 2013 no comments
Alleged Boko Haram commander and mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing in Madalla, Niger in 2011, Kabiru Sokoto, told a court in Abuja on Thursday that prosecutors have failed to prove their case a...
Boko Haram suspect Kabiru Sokoto after he was rearrested on Friday, 10 February 2012

Madalla Bombing: More witnesses testify against Kabiru Sokoto

May 13, 2013 no comments
Abuja (NAN) – The trial of terrorism suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, continued on Monday before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with more witnesses giving evidence. The accused, who...
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Military identifies two Nigerians killed in fighter jet crash in Niame...

May 8, 2013 no comments
Nigeria’s Air Force authorities have identified the two crew members killed in a fighter jet crash in Niger as Benjamin Ado and Ayuba Layelmenson. Ado, a squadron leader and Layelmenson, a flyi...
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Nigerian fighter jet crashes in Mali, kills two

May 7, 2013 no comments
Two crew members on a Nigerian fighter jet were killed when it crashed in western Niger, Reuters reports. Nigerian officials said on Monday that the jet took part in military operations against al-Qa...
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Baga Massacre: Officials say it was a joint assault with Chad, Niger

April 23, 2013 no comments
Officials on Tuesday have said that militants from Niger and Chad were involved in the fiery gun battle in Baga town that claimed at least 185 lives and injured 77 people, according to Red Cross coun...
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Nigeria arrests hundreds in immigrant raids (AP)

April 15, 2013 no comments
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities are launching new immigration raids in the country as it faces threats from Islamic extremists. However, some say the raids are unfairly targeting poor immi...
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17 Nigerians among 92 immigrants arrested in Lagos; Malians handed ove...

March 27, 2013 no comments
Immigration officials have discovered that 17 of the 92 suspected illegal immigrants arrested in Lagos and transferred into their custody are in fact northern Nigerians. The immigrants, mostly suspec...
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SSS intercepts truck carrying 20 illegal immigrants in Lagos

March 27, 2013 no comments
The State Security Service intercepted a truckload of illegal immigrants into Lagos, security sources have said. Punch reported that about 20 illegal immigrants were arrested in Berger, close to the ...
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Nigeria’s military says over 200 suspected Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested since it launched its offensive against the sect across the northeast. Military forces said on Monday that they captured 120 insurgents in the past 24 hours alo...

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Police arrests 10 OOU students during protest, denies killin...

Police in Ogun state have confirmed that 10 students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Abeokuta were arrested when authorities broke up a protest, but say no students were killed. News of a clash between police and OOU students protest new polici...

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U.S. President Barack Obama is set to go on an Africa tour in June, reports have said. Obama will start his eight-day tour on June 26 and is set to visit three African nations – Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. The Associated Press reports t... President Barack Obama to go on Africa tour in June

Military relaxes 24-hr curfew in Borno
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Nigeria’s military on Monday relaxed the 24-hour curfew it had imposed in parts of Maiduguri on Saturday, Reuters reports. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, spokesman for the Nigerian forces in Borno, told the news agency that the relaxed curfew will start ...

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