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By Uzoma Ahamefule Since the former chief security adviser General Owoye Azazi told Nigerians that President Goodluck Jonathan had stopped him from inviting General Muhammadu Buhari for interrogation on some security issues in an apparent move to show that he did not fail from his responsibilities because of Boko Haram, the question on the lips of so many Nigerians has ...

By SaharaReporters For his inability to contain Boko Haram, and statements indicating his inability, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Northern Nigeria today described President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a failure and asked him to resign. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Elder Sunday Oibe, CAN said it would no longer trust any commitment expressed by President ...

Nigerian security forces on Sunday killed 20 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in the restive north-eastern city of Maiduguri, but lost one soldier while two others were injured, a senior officer said. “We got a report that some suspected members of Boko Haram were meeting at a particular location in Maiduguri. Our men mobilised, leading to a shootout. Twenty suspected terrorists ...

BBC Sports Manchester City scored three times in 12 second-half minutes to beat 10-man Chelsea and win the Community Shield. Chelsea took the lead before the break when Fernando Torres finished smartly. But Branislav Ivanovic was sent off moments later for a reckless challenge on Aleksandar Kolarov. City took advantage as Yaya Toure swept home, Carlos Tevez hit the top ...

(AFP) – Up to 60,000 people gathered Sunday for a giant peace rally in Mali, which was split in two after Islamists wrested control of the vast desert north following a March coup in the capital Bamako. The meeting for “national peace and reconciliation” in the main stadium of the capital Bamako was called by the country’s top Muslim body ...