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Soldiers intercept arms in Nsukka, arrest retired DSP, corporal working for Boko haram

Jide AdesinaMay 25, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 25, 20140852

Three persons, including a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and a corporal, Abu Haruna, Solomon, respectively have been arrested for illegal trafficking of arms...

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Aid bureaucracy threaten to deepen S.Sudan crisis -MSF

Jide AdesinaMay 24, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 24, 20140842

The biggest coming challenge would be providing food to replace crops that would have been planted by the now displaced population. World Bulletin/News Desk The...

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Mali Tuareg separatists accept ceasefire agreement

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140762

Tuareg separatist groups in Mali on Friday accepted a ceasefire agreement with the government following clashes this week that threatened to plunged the country back...

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Boko Haram ; the enemy within…with the politician in leadership , the terrorist have come to stay

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 20140709

A Nigerian soldier currently serving in Borno state has alleged that members of the Boko Haram attacked Gamboru Ngala in their presence but that their...

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Hague Court Sentences Congolese Warlord to 12 Years

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140774

By MARLISE SIMONS MAY 23, 2014 Former Congolese militia leader, Germain Katanga, at the International Criminal Court in Hague. Credit- Armin Taslaman/Icc European Pressphoto Agency...

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How a brief campaign for the British Army’s secret X Platoon mutated into a desperate, 16-day siege in Sierra Leone

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140759

We’d been waiting for 10 edgy, nervous minutes when we heard the distinctive, juddering thwoop-thwoop-thwoop of a Chinook in-bound. Oh yeah. There is no feeling...

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How a brief campaign for the British Army's secret X Platoon mutated into a desperate, 16-day siege in Sierra Leone

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140772

We’d been waiting for 10 edgy, nervous minutes when we heard the distinctive, juddering thwoop-thwoop-thwoop of a Chinook in-bound. Oh yeah. There is no feeling...

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‘Act to Protect’ – UN Launches Guide On Attacks Against Schools, Hospitals

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014May 23, 20140769

Every child has a right to education and health, the United Nations today said launching a guidance note to assist the people monitoring, reporting and...

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'Act to Protect' – UN Launches Guide On Attacks Against Schools, Hospitals

Jide AdesinaMay 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 23, 20140754

Every child has a right to education and health, the United Nations today said launching a guidance note to assist the people monitoring, reporting and...

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OUR SOLDIERS WILL FIND AND RELEASE THE KIDNAPPED GIRLS FROM BOKO HARAM – NIGERIANS NEED TO TRUST THE ARMY

Jide AdesinaMay 22, 2014May 22, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 22, 2014May 22, 20140742

Nigeria’s Special Forces from the Army’s 7th Division have sighted and narrowed the search for the more than 250 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to three camps...

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Nigeria army can handle the Boko Haram but Nigeria politicians will not give us free hands to Operate

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014May 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014May 23, 20140664

‘ The problem of fighting Boko Haram is not a big issue for Nigeria army , we are committed to Nigeria security and lives, we...

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Obama Deploys Troops to Chad in Search For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 20140718

President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown, N.Y President Barack Obama is putting American troops on the...

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Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison for embezzlement

Jide AdesinaMay 21, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 21, 20140837

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (right) and his son Gamal look on from the defendants’ cage...

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Two car bombs kill at least 118 in Jos city , Nigeria

Jide AdesinaMay 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 20, 20140727

At least 118 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two bomb blasts that caused buildings to collapse in a crowded market area of...

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soldiers deployed during Malawi elections

Jide AdesinaMay 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 20, 20140781

Soldiers deployed in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre yesterday after voters, angered by delays and mishaps at polling stations in a hotly contested presidential election, torched...

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Africa leaders declare ‘war’ on Nigeria Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaMay 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 19, 20140832

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Francois Hollande warned of Boko Haram’s links to other terror organisations African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage “war”...

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Africa leaders declare 'war' on Nigeria Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaMay 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 19, 20140855

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Francois Hollande warned of Boko Haram’s links to other terror organisations African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage “war”...

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Women of the Senate Band Together Over Missing Nigerian Girls

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014May 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014May 17, 20140808

WASHINGTON — All 20 female senators find themselves in fierce bipartisan agreement on at least one topic. Senators Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Barbara...

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Judge Orders Psychiatric Evaluation of Pistorius

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140793

In a significant turn in a case that has generated drama and delay in equal proportions, the judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius...

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Key Figure in Libya’s Revolution Leads Attack on Islamists

Jide AdesinaMay 17, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 17, 20140824

TRIPOLI, Libya — A former general who was a central figure in Libya’s revolution led a full-scale ground and air assault on several Islamist militia...

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