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Nigeria says 135 Boko Haram fighters surrender, “fake leader” dead

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – More than 130 Boko Haram Islamist fighters have surrendered to Nigerian forces, and a man posing as the group’s leader in

Nigeria finmin confident 2014 GDP growth will exceed 6 pct

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nigeria’s finance minister said on Friday she is confident that growth in 2014 will be around the government’s latest forecast of 6.5

Blast at Kano, Boko Haram blamed for six deaths

YoopyaJul 31, 2014July 16, 20230

At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a college in northern Nigeria’s biggest city, Kano, witnesses say. The female bomber

Africa: Parents of Kidnapped Nigerian Girls Meet With President

YoopyaJul 23, 2014July 25, 20230

ABUJA, NIGERIA — Grief-struck and angry parents met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday, demanding answers about efforts to rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls

Nigeria: Nigeria arrests businessman in connection with girls’ abductions

YoopyaJul 2, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman suspected of being at the head of a Boko Haram intelligence network that helped plan the abduction

Africa news: Abuja bomb cuts short Nigeria president’s trip to AU summit

YoopyaJun 27, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to an African Union summit in Gabon a day after a bomb blast in

Africa news: At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital

YoopyaJun 26, 2014June 27, 20230

(Reuters) – At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush

Africa news: U.N. Security Council blacklists Boko Haram leader, splinter group

YoopyaJun 26, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council sanctioned the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram and a splinter group on Wednesday, the first individual and entity

Africa news: Africa and West pledge more support in war against Boko Haram

YoopyaJun 13, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria will get more military and tactical support to help combat the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and find 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, African

Africa news: Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat

YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – The kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last month has sparked global outrage, launched an international manhunt and instantly turned an obscure