Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, April 13, 2019

BUSINESSDAY Ondo drives agribusiness, engages over 2,000 cassava farmers for ethanol project KWIRS generates N6.2bn revenue internally as Chairman pledges revenue growth Jumia trades $14.50 per share on New York Stock Exchange Nigeria among 11 African countries for COFIT by Afreximbank UNICEF targets 501,749 out-of-school children in Kastina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, by 2020. Elumelu to […]

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NIGERIA GOVT. LIED, BOKO HARAM IS NOT “TECHNICALLY DEFEATED”, US GOVT. REPORT

The United States Department of State is worried about Nigeria’s inability to effectively secure and hold onto territories recaptured from Boko Haram terrorists despite the successes recorded by the Multi-National joint task force. This assertion is contained in the United States country report on terrorism for the year 2016 submitted to the US Congress in […]

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THE CHIBOKGIRLS SAGA AND THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. By Charles Ogbu

Make no mistake, it is a very big slap on our face as a people and a bottom-less mockery of our collective intelligence that three years after about 276 girls were reportedly taken from a school in Chibok community, Borno state, no Nigerian has been able to break through the demonic web of embellished lies […]

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Recently freed Chibok Girl Exposed Politicians behind Boko Haram insurgents

The recently released Chibok girls have revealed details of how some politicians allegedly sponsored the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast for their personal gains. According to a Chibok clergy called Pastor Bulus Baba from Kaya community in Chibok local government area of Borno state, his discussions with some of the girls […]

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Technically defeated Boko Haram takes over three villages, kills about eight people near Chibok

Boko Haram insurgents killed at least eight people and hoisted its flags in three villages near Chibok town in Borno State. The villages which are Kubirivour, Boftari and Kuburmbalah were attacked on Monday by the insurgents after over-powering them. According to residents, the insurgents who, after over-running them, slaughtered at least eight people, including a […]

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War against Boko Haram may last up to 50 years – General Irabor

The Nigerian military yesterday disclosed that some of its officers had sold arms and ammunition to Boko Haram.The theatre commander, Operation Lafia Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor, told reporters in Yola that the affected officers were already facing a court-martial. Irabor, who was in Adamawa State to inspect newly acquired warplanes to be used in […]

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Hope for Chibok girls as Buhari may negotiate with genuine Boko Haram leaders for their release

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his government’s willingness to negotiate with the terrorists to free the Chibok girls. Speaking a few days after the families of the over 200 girls, kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Borno State in 2014, asked him to resign if he could not secure their release, the president also indicated […]

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“Technically defeated” Boko Haram terrorists kill 10 people, abducted 13 women near Chibok

Boko Haram Islamists have killed 10 people and abducted 13 others in a raid on a village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok where the militants kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls in 2014, locals told AFP Sunday. Boko Haram Armed jihadists on motorcycles invaded Kubrrivu at dawn on Saturday, firing on the residents as they […]

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Boko Haram Journalist declared wanted by Nigeria Army ask for a flight ticket to report for interrogation

There seems to be confusion within the Nigerian Army and the Presidency, as one of the declared wanted citizen, Ahmed U. Bolori, ‎showed up at the military barracks in Maiduguri the capital of Borno State, with no one willing to arrest or interrogate him. It could be recalled that ‎the Nigerian Army had sequel to the video released by […]

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New Boko Haram video unsettled Nigeria military, says it’s studying video clips to examine if the victims died from airstrike

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has just issued the statement below reacting to Boko Haram’s new video accusing it of killing some of the abducted girls in air strikes. Read full statement below. The Defence Headquarters on Sunday said it was examining the latest video from Boko Haram group purporting to show some of the kidnapped […]

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