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March 15, 2018

Buhari wins the superior response and sensitivity competition – Really?

President Muhammadu Buhari has visited Yobe state three weeks after the abduction of 110 school girls from a government school in Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area. Speaking to parents of the girls and some staff members of the school, the president rallied his audience to believe in his government’s ability to return the girls on... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 10, 2018

The Late 5: Aisha Wakil says Boko Haram insurgents “need peace”, Gunmen kill 5 in Plateau, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said leaders have to work together to stop the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country. Obasanjo made the call in Makurdi on Saturday when he visited the graves and laid a wreath at the graveyard of the... Read More
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March 8, 2018

The Late 5: 4 policemen, 6 soldiers killed in Rann attack, UK proposes to build prison in Nigeria, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The Police in Borno on Thursday confirmed that four policemen and six soldiers were killed in the Boko Haram attack in Rann community of Kala Balge Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, disclosed this while fielding questions at a monthly... Read More
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March 8, 2018

The Big 5: Senators receive N13.5 million monthly, separate from salaries; freed Boko Haram commander issues fresh threat against Nigeria and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze to life imprisonment for the 2010 explosions in Abuja and Warri. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a judgment that lasted about six hours, held that the prosecution proved its case against the two defendants... Read More
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March 6, 2018

The Late 5: 24 people killed in fresh Benue crisis, Osinbajo says Boko Haram no longer a serious fighting force, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Twenty four persons on Monday were killed in a fresh crisis at Omusu Edimoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. The council chairman, Olofu Ogwuche, stated this while conducting state governor, Samuel Ortom, round the affected community on Tuesday. The Bauchi Government... Read More
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humanitarian workers
March 6, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] For the second time in a row, humanitarian workers in the North East are counting their losses

On Saturday, 26 August 2017 staff of International Medical Aid Corp, a non-governmental organisation that has been supporting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Gubio IDP camp in Borno were attacked by IDPs protesting the high level of starvation in the camp. While the camp residents understood the aid workers were not responsible for the... Read More
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Festus Keyamo
February 27, 2018

Festus Keyamo is choking on explaining the Dapchi kidnap, and it is not even funny

When one has made much of a bad situation in the past and same events recur under a favoured reign, speaking new words becomes a meticulous conscience-throbbing art. Mr Festus Keyamo, a reputable Nigerian lawyer, is currently undergoing this and it is safe to say it is not going well. In the wake of the... Read More
Thinking Through
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February 24, 2018

‘Black Panther’ rakes in $500 million at the global box office, Boko Haram kidnap schoolgirls from Dapchi and, other top stories that drove conversation this week

These are the stories top ten that drove conversatition this week. After a five-year absence, the Catholic Church announced its return to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). A delegation of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, led by Rev. Fr. (Prof.) Cornelius Omonokhua appeared at the expanded National Executive Committee and quarterly meeting of CAN... Read More
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February 23, 2018

The Late 5: Buhari apologises for attack on Dapchi school, El-Rufai sues Shehu Sani, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his apology for the attack on Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, which led to the abduction of its students in Yobe State. Buhari apologised in a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He described... Read More
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February 23, 2018

Dapchi girls: The confusion, the relief, the anguish, then the indefinite wait?

It feels very much like Nigerians have been here before. Having failed to learn from the past, the most distasteful internal security crisis of the past half decade is repeating itself. On Monday February 19, many girls numbering about 50 were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe... Read More
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February 22, 2018

The Big 5: Trump says teachers should be armed with guns, Troops bring back 50 girls abducted by Boko Haram and other top stories

These are the top stories you should be monitoring today. Troops last night rescued pupils of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi, Yobe, who were reportedly kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. The school was attacked on Monday by the terrorists, who took away some of the girls. The state government put the figure... Read More
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February 21, 2018

The Big 5: ‘Schoolgirls may have been taken in Yobe attack’, Trump moves to ban ‘bump-stock’ devices and other top stories

These are the top stories you should be monitoring today. The governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai was at the centre of a controversy yesterday. Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna North) accused him of personally supervising the demolition of his property used as the secretariat of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.... Read More
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February 18, 2018

The Late 5: APC faction suspends El-Rufai, 475 Boko Haram suspects released, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The Catholic Church has announced its return to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) after a five-year absence. A delegation of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, led by Rev. Fr. (Prof.) Cornelius Omonokhua, appeared at the expanded National Executive Committee and quarterly meeting of... Read More
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SERAP
February 16, 2018

The Big 5: Nigerian Army places bounty on Shekau, SGF says Nigeria has no alternative to President Buhari and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari will continue in office in 2019. “We don’t have an alternative to President Buhari for now. He will continue. The politics of this nation is no more the politics of... Read More
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February 14, 2018

The Late 5: JAMB clerk denies snake story, Army says Boko Haram has returned to recovered areas, and other top stories

These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Rogers Nicholas has said Boko Haram insurgents have returned to places captured by the Nigerian Army. He said this on Wednesday, during a press conference in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Nicholas said the army has been pursuing members of the sect... Read More
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February 12, 2018

T.Y Danjuma’s initiative is restoring hope despite Boko Haram’s theatre of war

Falmata caught up in the vicious cycle of life The ricochet of the Anti-aircraft gunshots tore apart the quiet night of Geidam, a resident, Falmata Shettima, was just rounding up the night prayer. Immediately she ran into the courtyard in confusion. This soon turned into sporadic explosions, which at first sounded afar, then got closer... Read More
Citizenship
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February 12, 2018

The Big 5: JAMB suspends official over ‘swallowed’ N36m, Liberia’s Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim prize, and other top stories

These are the top five stories from Nigeria that you should monitor today. Nigerians who own property in the United Kingdom have approached the Federal Ministry of Finance’s Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) for help, following the country’s new regulation on ‘Unexplained Wealth Orders’. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Ministry of Finance’s... Read More
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February 5, 2018

The Late 5: Magu gives details of recovered funds to Reps, Boko Haram kill 2 in Borno and other top stories

These are the stories that drove conversation today. Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed two persons and injured one in an attack carried out in Kofa village near Alau, Borno. The attack happened on Sunday evening, some 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from Maiduguri. The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim... Read More
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February 5, 2018

The Big 5: Army says Boko Haram has been completely defeated, Maina sues EFCC and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of the controversial spokesman of former Military President Ibrahim Babangida should he fail to turn himself up within 24 hours. Afegua is wanted for “issuing a fake statement.” Afegbua in the purported statement quoted the... Read More
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January 28, 2018

The Big 5: Boko Haram terrorists sighted in Sambisa Forest, NEMA in fraud scandal, and other top stories

These are the top five stories from Nigeria that you should be monitoring today. The Nigerian Army has said Boko Haram terrorists have been sighted in Sambisa Forest, and seven of them have been killed in their latest encounter. Founder of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters, has denied social media reports that he is funding the new... Read More
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January 19, 2018

The Big 5: FG files case against JP Morgan, Atiku says Boko Haram is still a potent threat, and other top stories

These are the top five stories from Nigeria, you should be monitoring today. A committee chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and has nine other governors has been created to stop the killings by Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country. At the National Economic Council held on Thursday, a decision to create the committee... Read More
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January 16, 2018

The Late 5: Boko Haram releases video of Chibok girls, Reps to investigate missing $44m NIA funds and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The reactionary House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to probe the reported disappearance of $44 million from the coffers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The money was said to have been moved from the coffers of the agency to an unknown destination shortly... Read More
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January 1, 2018

700 persons have been freed from Boko Haram captivity – Military

The Nigerian Military has rescued 700 people from Boko Haram insurgents. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, Timothy Antigha, disclosed in a statement issued in Maiduguri and, they were received by the 242 Battalion, Monguno. He said the abductees including males, females and children were forced to work as farm labourers by the insurgents. He... Read More
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December 26, 2017

Troops repel attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents

Nigeria’s Army said it repelled an attack on Monday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri. Maj. General Nicholas Rogers, who heads Nigeria’s military operations against Boko Haram, said the situation is under control and everyone should go about their business. The government says it is on alert for Boko Haram attacks during the Christmas... Read More
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December 26, 2017

“I assure you of my commitment to your welfare and that of your families” | See what Buratai told soldiers fighting Boko Haram

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has sent a Christmas message to soldiers fighting Boko Haram. The army chief commended “the hard work and sacrifices of our gallant officers and soldiers currently engaged in Operation LAFIYA DOLE and other operations across the country.” See the full message below: “I wish to convey... Read More
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December 23, 2017

Borno senator thinks $1bn is too small to fight Boko Haram and we can’t argue

Lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial district, Ali Ndume has said the $1 billion approved for the fight against Boko Haram is not enough. Background: State governors had agreed to allow the withdrawal of $1bn to fight insurgency. However, Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose criticised the decision, stating that the money will be used for the... Read More
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