Northern Elders Forum to Take FG to International Court
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:29
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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria’s government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi.
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FG frees Boko Haram members
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:24
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Nigeria has announced it will release a number of Boko Haram members, including all women, in what it called a peace bid as its military waged operation in the country's northeast to clamp down on the armed group.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTNigeria Military Chases Militants Fleeing to Chad, Niger Borders
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:09
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Nigeria’s military is chasing Islamist fighters as they flee to the borders of Chad and Niger from the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared emergency rule, spokesman Chris Olukolade said.
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120 Boko Haram Militants Arrested At The Funeral Of Commandant
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:16
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About 120 militant Islamists have been arrested in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, as they were organising the burial of a commander, an army spokesman has said.
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
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- Published on Monday, 20 May 2013 00:17
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Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast.
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