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Senate Receives Jonathan’s Request To Extend Emergency Rule In 3 States

The Senate has received a request sent by President Goodluck Jonathan to extend emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. In May 2013, the President imposed emergency rule on the three northern states of Nigeria due to activities of Boko Haram sect in the area. On Tuesday, the Nigeria Senate confirmed getting a letter…

Boko Haram Captures Hong In Adamawa, Burns Police Station

The ‘operation take over north eastern Nigeria’ campaign embarked on by members of the noxious Boko Haram group seems to be gaining grounds by the day. For some months now, the terrorists’ group have invaded some communities in the northern region of Nigeria, taking full control of day to day activities of the seized towns.…

Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, supposedly killed by both the Nigerian and Cameroonian security forces in ‘two’ different gun battles, has rubbished claims by the Nigerian Army that his group sealed a ceasefire deal with the Nigerian government. In a new video released on Friday, the Boko Haram leader, in his usual style, insists…