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Boko Haram: Nigerian army losing grip on northeast as Islamists rampage

YoopyaMarch 5, 2014September 26, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 5, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to radical Islamist insurgents who are killing civilians almost daily, and...

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Meet Nigeria’s Captain Rugged – a superhero who can dance

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2014October 28, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2014October 28, 20230

(Reuters) – A new superhero is fighting for freedom, justice and the Nigerian way in the mean streets of Lagos. And – oh, yes –...

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Thousands fleeing Boko Haram find little comfort in Niger

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2014September 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2014September 30, 20230

DAKAR, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Gremah Umara was hoping for a refuge when he, his wife and their two-year-old daughter fled an Islamist...

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Nigeria court rules central bank governor can’t be arrested pending plea

YoopyaFebruary 24, 2014September 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 24, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – A Nigerian court has issued an order on the security agencies, barring them from arresting suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi, after he...

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Nigerian president sacks four ministers: source

YoopyaFebruary 13, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 13, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan sacked four ministers including aviation minister Stella Oduah, a close ally, in the latest in a wave of government...

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Nigerian former vice president defects to opposition

YoopyaFebruary 4, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 4, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has defected to Nigeria’s main opposition party, adding a heavyweight name to a group that poses an increasing...

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45 killed in Nigeria market attack; police blame Boko Haram

YoopyaJanuary 31, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 31, 2014November 1, 20230

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) — Suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a village market and burned homes in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno late Sunday,...

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Nigerian PDP senators in mass defection to APC

YoopyaJanuary 30, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 30, 2014November 1, 20230

At least 11 senators from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s party have quit to join the opposition, the latest in a series of defections. The senators...

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Nigeria security service arrests deputy opposition leader

YoopyaJanuary 28, 2014November 29, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 28, 2014November 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) arrested the deputy head of the main opposition coalition on Monday over comments he is reported to have...

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Group: Nigeria arrests gay ‘suspects’ under new law banning homosexuality

YoopyaJanuary 23, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 23, 2014November 26, 20230

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigerian authorities arrested 10 people believed to be gay men under a bill signed this week that bans same-sex marriages, a...