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Nigeria : Military airstrike hits bandits’ camp, kill scores in Zamfara
on 2020/9/15 13:50:36
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The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed another armed bandits’ camp in the Doumborou Forest area of Zamfara, killing scores of the bandits, the Defence Headquarters says.

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Nigeria : Violence in Kaduna continues despite peace efforts
on 2020/9/15 13:46:35
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Attacks by armed men of Fulani ethnicity have continued to occur in southern Kaduna, Nigeria, despite the conclusion of several peace initiatives.

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Nigeria : United States Imposes Visa Ban On Nigeria’s Election Riggers
on 2020/9/15 13:44:37
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Although elections have not yet held in Edo and Ondo states, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, imposed the visa restriction on these individuals due to their conduct in the run-up to the poll.

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Nigeria : Nigeria’s revenue dropped by 65%, says finance minister
on 2020/9/15 13:38:40
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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria’s revenue has dropped by 65 per cent hence the decision of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to discontinue the payment of petrol subsidy.

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Nigeria : INEC, police go tough, four days to Edo election
on 2020/9/15 13:25:04
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians and their supporters against attempts to derail the Edo State Governorship Election billed to hold on Saturday.

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Nigeria : Nigeria’s 3rd place in global terrorism ranking disappointing, embarrassing — APC group
on 2020/9/15 13:18:40
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APC Consoli- dation Group, a group in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC-CG,has described Nigeria’s latest ranking as third in the Global Terrorism Index,GTI, as not only disappointing but also embarrassing.

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Nigeria : Boko Haram, ISWAP can use COVID-19 as biological weapon – Otto, counter-terrorism expert
on 2020/9/15 12:50:24
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David Otto, an independent counter-terrorism and organised crime expert and Director for Stepped In – Step Out UK Ltd, who has been sharing details of the inner workings of Boko Haram and ISWAP, tells GBENRO ADEOYE about the recent leadership shakeup in ISWAP, how insurgency can be defeated in Nigeria, among other issues regarding your recent reports about the execution of Islamic State’s West Africa Province’s commanders, including its governor in the Lake Chad area, Amir Baba Kaka, what do you think led to the leadership shakeup?

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Nigeria : Situating Abuja’s Security Threat Alert
on 2020/9/15 12:45:20
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An internal memo dated September 4, 2020, issued by the Comptroller Enforcement of the Nigerian Customs Service, H.A. Sabo, allegedly on behalf of the Deputy Comptroller General Enforcement, Investigation, and Inspection, stated that the Boko Haram terrorist group has established camps in and around Abuja, the FCT. Clearly, these could not have been tourism camps.

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Nigeria : Zulum Visits Damasak, Former Boko Haram Stronghold, Interacts With Refugees
on 2020/9/15 12:40:33
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum Weekend embarked on humanitarian visit to Damasak, the headquarters of Mobar Local Government Area.

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Nigeria : Ndume: Nigerian Army Helping to Resettle IDPs in North East
on 2020/9/15 12:33:09
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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has hinted that military personnel are currently assisting state governments in the North-east to resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their ancestral homes.

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Nigeria : Nigeria's Chief Of Army Staff, Buratai, Instructs Troops To Be Ruthless With Bandits In Katsina, North-West
on 2020/9/15 12:27:25
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Buratai reiterated this when he visited the Army Super Camp Four, Faskari, Katsina State, which is the operational base of the troops in the North-West.

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Nigeria : PDP, OBJ, Atiku lack moral right to chart way forward for Nigeria – APC
on 2020/9/15 12:20:47
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend came down heavily on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), maintaining it lacks moral right of posing as the voice on the way forward in our national life.

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Nigeria : Obasanjo Has Descended To The Lowly-Level Of Nigeria’s Divider-In-Chief – Presidency
on 2020/9/15 12:16:24
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The Presidency wants former President Olusegun Obasanjo to help in proffering solutions to the problems plaguing the country instead of being Nigeria’s “divider-in-Chief.”

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Nigeria : Amnesty urges Nigeria to release report on rights abuses
on 2020/9/12 16:04:08
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Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigeria to release the findings of a report on rights abuses by security forces three years after the government ordered the probe.

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Nigeria : Shiite Group Petition Police IGP Over Nollywood Movie Portraying Group as Terrorists
on 2020/9/12 15:06:23
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An upcoming Nollywood Movie, ‘Fatal Arrogance’ has attracted the wrath of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) for depicting the sect as a terrorist organisation bent on eradicating the Nigerian State.

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Nigeria : Govt forces shot at unarmed children, women, killed three during our procession— Shi’ite leader
on 2020/9/12 15:02:30
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In this interview with GODWIN ISENYO, the President, Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Malam Ibrahim Musa, says Shi’ite members won’t bow to the alleged coercion of the government to prevent them from exercising their right to freedom of religion and worship

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Nigeria : Nigeria in danger without Sovereign National Conference –Afe Babalola
on 2020/9/12 14:53:22
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Elder statesman and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD) Aare Afe Babalola has warned that Nigeria may be heading towards a dangerous end if a sovereign national conference is not urgently convoked to produce a people’s constitution before the 2023 general elections.

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Nigeria : Boko Haram sponsor: DSS invites Mailafia again
on 2020/9/12 14:46:45
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A FORMER deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has again been invited by the Department of State Service (DSS) to appear at its office in Jos, Plateau State, on Monday, September 14.

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Nigeria : Obasanjo says Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state under Buhari
on 2020/9/12 14:37:28
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Obasanjo says he has never seen Nigeria so divided.

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Nigeria : Nigeria total public debt hits N31 trillion as debt service gulp over N1.2 trillion in H1 2020
on 2020/9/12 14:30:00
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A report recently released by the DMO reveals that the country’s debt has hit N31 trillion.

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