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Why Nigeria is not making progress — Atiku

April 28, 2017 newsplat

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria will continue to grapple with the crisis of severe and debilitating socio-economic problems unless it gets the structures of the federalism and governance right.…

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30,000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram return from Cameroon

April 19, 2017 newsplat

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, says 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, who fled the state at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency have returned home. Abdullahi Umar,…

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Ndume reveals details of why Senate suspended him

April 18, 2017 newsplat

Suspended senator representing Borno South Ali Ndume has vowed not to apologise to senate president Bukola Saraki in order to be reinstated. Ndume told his supporters in his constituency on…

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Members of Nigerian terror group Boko Haram raided a village in northeastern Nigeria to steal food and medical supplies on Frida

March 28, 2017 newsplat

The militants, dressed in military uniforms, raided the village of Sabon Garin Kimba, in the restive Borno State. They had reached the village in a pick-up truck displaying Nigerian army…

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Police sergeant killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno

March 16, 2017 newsplat

Borno Police Command on Thursday confirmed that a police sergeant was killed in Wednesday’s terrorists attack at Magumeri in Magumeri Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, Victor…

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Six killed as suicide bombers attack Maiduguri

March 15, 2017 newsplat

At least six persons were confirmed killed as four teenage girls detonated explosives worn around their bodies at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in the early hours…

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Teenage bomber say, she was paid N200 for suicide by Boko Haram

March 8, 2017 newsplat

A would-be teenage suicide bomber has said Boko Haram militants paid her just 200 naira ($0.64) to blow herself up in a city in northeast Nigeria. In footage obtained by…

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Nigeria: ‘Wrong Coordinates’ Cause of Deadly Rann Bombing

March 6, 2017 newsplat

A senior Nigerian military official said the cause of the accidental bombing of a displaced persons camp in the country’s northeast in January was the result of incorrect coordinates. Nigerian…

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Book haram..donors pledge $670m

February 25, 2017 newsplat

Some International donors across the world have promised a donation of $670m for relief operations in the North East of Nigeria affected by Boko Haram devastation. This was revealed in…

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11 dead as Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram suicide bombers

February 18, 2017 newsplat

Battling multiple bombers strapped with suicide vests, Nigerian troops and civilian self-defense fighters on Friday repelled the fiercest Boko Haram extremist attack in months on the key northeastern city of…