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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Mansur Abubakar |Chris Ewokor
Mansur Abubakar & Chris Ewokor - BBC NewsWed, April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM UTC2 min readThe governor of Nigeria's Borno state has warned that jihadist group Boko Haram is making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of attacks and seized control of some parts of the north-eastern state. Babagana Zulum called for more military assistance for soldiers fighting the insurgency.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Mansur Abubakar |Chris Ewokor
The governor of Nigeria's Borno state has warned that jihadist group Boko Haram is making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of attacks and seized control of some parts of the north-eastern state. Babagana Zulum called for more military assistance for soldiers fighting the insurgency. The Nigerian government has downplayed the governor's fears, saying security in the country has improved in the last 18 months.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Mansur Abubakar |Chris Ewokor
Mansur Abubakar & Chris EwokorBBC NewsThe governor of Nigeria's Borno state has warned that jihadist group Boko Haram is making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of attacks and seized control of some parts of the north-eastern state. Babagana Zulum called for more military assistance for soldiers fighting the insurgency. The Nigerian government has downplayed the governor's fears, saying security in the country has improved in the last 18 months.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chris Ewokor |Mansur Abubakar
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Chris Ewokor |Mansur Abubakar
Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country. Lakurawa is a new militant group which carries out attacks, targeting local communities in north-western Nigeria and across the border with Niger.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chris Ewokor |Natasha Booty
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Chris Ewokor |Natasha Booty
Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public services, the country's justice ministry says. The money is being sent back to Nigeria from the US, whose authorities allege that Alison-Madueke enriched herself, and others, while leading Nigeria's state oil firm by awarding contracts in exchange for bribes.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
namibian.com.na | Chris Ewokor
Three West African states ruled by military leaders have announced visa-free travel and residency rights for citizens in the 15-member regional bloc Ecowas, ahead of the trio leaving the group. The leaders of the states – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – said the visa and residency decision had been taken in the spirit of friendship, and to strengthen centuries-old ties among African people. The trio plan to withdraw from Ecowas in January after refusing the bloc’s demand to restore democratic rule.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Chris Ewokor
At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from Nigeria’s River Niger after a boat, that may have been carrying more than 200 passengers, capsized in the early hours of Friday, the authorities say. Twenty-four of those on board were rescued, some of whom are still in hospital, but dozens of others may be missing. Divers are still searching the waters but hope is fading on the possibility of finding more survivors.
