All posts tagged "boko haram"
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2.6KLEADTrouble Arising from Lake Chad’s Disappearance
By Chukwuma Ngwu – Many are aware that Lake Chad is drying up and that its gradual disappearance has indirectly given rise...
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1.5KLEADThe First Martyr for Nigerian Unity
A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly...
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1.4KIN THE NEWS...State of IDPs May Get Worse Soon, Says UNDP Chief in Maiduguri
“The situation in Maiduguri is critical, there is need for all development and humanitarian actors to scale up their support to complement...
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1.4KIN THE NEWS...Abuja School Saved from Boko Haram Bomb
It was on the morning of Tuesday, October 20, in a suburb of Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. Two suspected Boko Haram terrorists...
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1.2KLEAD STORIESUnwanted Detainees in the South-east
Only a few months ago, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu called on war veterans to prepare to defend the south-east from Boko Haram. At...
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1.4KLEAD STORIESNigeria’s Breakup: Danger Still Looms
We celebrated too early. Because this year’s polls ended well, we assumed that we had shamed the “prophets of doom” – those...
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1.2KOPINIONWhen an Economy Fails…
By ANIEBO NWAMU — We heard in the news that APC governors visited President-elect Buhari last Tuesday to tell him he would...
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400 Kidnapped from Damask?
Reuters news agency reported Tuesday that more than 400 women and children had been seized from the northern Nigeria town of Damask....
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2.0KBUSINESS & ECONOMYThreats to Nigeria’s Success Story in 2015, by Control Risks
Control Risks, the global business risk consultancy, Thursday published its annual RiskMap report. In it, it says political uncertainty and low oil...
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1.1KOPINIONJonathan Burning Bridges
By ABBA MAHMOOD — Unfortunately for President Jonathan, since the postponement of the February elections by six weeks for “security reasons”, his...