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Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the attack, Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of the Diocese of Nnewi, south - east Nigeria, explained the attack was linked to local issues and not Boko Haram.

At one point, Boko Haram said it was Nigeria's leadership that needed amnesty — not Boko Haram.

Not exact matches

Eleanor Whitehead — The Economist: Anyone who believes millennials can't do serious journalism should check out Whitehead's excellent reporting on issues such as Boko Haram in her role as West Africa Correspondent.

It is therefore simplistic if not misleading to argue that groups like IS and Boko Haram have nothing to do with Islam.

According to the prelate, the church attack has caused alarm among the local community, as the mainly Christian south of Nigeria has not suffered from the terror attacks carried out in the north by Boko Haram.

She claimed: «On the day the girls were abducted, the army received messages that Boko Haram was on the move towards Dapchi and the army actually moved out of Dapchi and didn't come back despite repeated messages being sent.»

Sharibu's mother told local reporters that her daughter's friends said Boko Haram «tried to convince her but she said she will not convert to Islam.»

A Christian charity has urged people not to forget about the Dapchi schoolchild being held captive by Boko Haram.

«The battle against Boko Haram should not be limited to the physical realm,» Doeme said.

Details about the incident are still not totally clear, but according to The Wall Street Journal, the Cameroonian army was chasing Boko Haram fighters in northern Nigeria when they entered into a village and started to open fire.

The responsible muslim group, Boko Haram, is not a terrorist group according to Obama.

We didn't know what was going on, but the Cameroonian troops suddenly appeared and began to ask us for Boko Haram terrorists.

It's not the first time that Cameroon's hunt for Boko Haram has led to civilian deaths.

Similarly, although some Christian groups have armed themselves against Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, most have chosen not to fight back.

«Islamic State, Boko Haram and other groups represent particular manifestations of a global phenomenon, and it is not clear what our broader global strategy is - particularly insofar as the military, political, economic and humanitarian demands interconnect.»

Endeavour Forum is one of the few women's organisations which speaks out against the oppression of women under Islam — not just radical Islam as in ISIS and Boko Haram, but mainstream Islam which allows polygamy, child marriage, discrimination against women in divorce proceedings and inheritance laws.

Not sure why he doesn't stop the slaughter of brothers and sisters by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

The statement also warns them that the opportunity to surrender might not last long: «The reluctant Boko Haram members should therefore see wisdom in surrendering now, thereby saving themselves from imminent calamity that is about to fall on them, in the event of military mop - up if they continue in their unwholesome acts.»

Ayodele had also said and it is reproduced here: «After the removal of PDP from office, militants will arise from Niger Delta who will be worse than Boko Haram because they will do what Boko Haram did not do.»

As reprehensible as the armed Islamist group Boko Haram is, their actions can not totally obliterate Nigeria.

We did not want a repeat of the incidence with the late leader of the Boko Haram movement whose death in custody exacerbated the crisis in the north east».

Such killings are not new to Nigeria: religious strife has been a constant for decades, with the Maitatsine clashes in the 1980s, riots in 1987 in Yola and Kaduna, open battles following Northern states» move to Sharia in late 1999, and intermittent waves of Boko Haram attacks since 2009, among many other such episodes.

Boko Haram started in Nigeria in 2002, not really quite recent.

We did not negotiate with fake Boko Haram.

«Isn't it now necessary for the President to fulfill his promise of leading from the front and getting his Information Minister, Lai Mohammed to go and hold a press briefing in Sambisa forest unguarded by military men so as to show to Nigerians that indeed, they have defeated Boko Haram technically?»

«Negotiations are ongoing to exchange the remaining girls with Boko Haram detainees we can't afford to keep them any longer,» she said.

If not, where did the National Security Adviser get the money to buy the three Bullet Proof Jeeps they gave him after he was attacked and almost assassinated by Boko — Haram?

She said, «I remember a time when the Army said, and it is in the book, that the Ministry of Finance was withholding resources and therefore they were not able to fight Boko Haram, and it was in the papers.

The issue of Boko haram is not over in Nigeria, it will escalate in 2017 22.

«As you know the Boko Haram as a military force has been degraded, they are not holding territory at the moment; our armed forces have been able to dislodge them from practically all territories they were holding in the past.

«We would like to reiterate that the explosion would not deter us from seeing to the end of Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding through our ongoing clearance operations.

Shekau said he is not dead and that the Nigerian government should release Boko Haram fighters for them to release the captured Chibok girls.

Isa Muazu, who has not eaten for 90 days and can no longer stand or see, feared he was going to be targeted by Islamic terror group Boko Haram if he was returned home, but the Home Office ignored concerns around his health and forcibly removed this morning.

«Is it not correct to suggest that your administration acted on the basis that it was essentially unrestrained by international or Nigerian law in engaging in or encouraging the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers in order to protect them against attacks from Boko Haram and to enhance their ability to defend the territorial integrity of the country and provide security for its citizens?»

The Nigerian armed forces yesterday declared that it will not be in a hurry to rescue the secondary schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents...

Drawing a line between the French government's quick response to terrorists attack on the country three days ago with Nigeria's fight against Boko Haram, the former Minister stressed that the latter has not demonstrated the requisite will - power to rescue its territory from invaders.

This interview in not about boko haram but about the contact that he wants.

«But now we can not because the border was closed a few years ago by the authorities to fight against Boko Haram attacks.»

The Nigerian Army has declared that the proposed Federal Government's swap of abducted Chibok girls for captured Boko Haram insurgents should not be seen as a sign weakness or failure.

The Nigerian Army have averted a wave of suicide bombing attacks that would have killed scores of people in Kaduna if seven suspected Boko Haram terrorists found with various grades of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) were not arrested prior to carrying...

Home» Top Headlines» Chibok girls swap for captured Boko Haram member is not a sign of weakness, failure — Army

DailyPost reporter gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:10 am on Monday around Ruwan Zafi area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, where six suspected Boko Haram sect laid ambush to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School, and killed a teacher who can not exactly be identified at the moment.

DAILY POST had reported that the father of one of the abducted girls, Sheribu Nathan, had disclosed that his daughter, Leah Sheribu was not released by Boko Haram terrorists because she refused to abandon her Christian faith for Islam.

They recalled that during his 2015 campaign for the presidency, Buhari had assured Nigerians that he «would not rest until all the girls are rescued alive and reunited with their families,» and insisted that his government would not claim to have defeated Boko Haram without first rescuing the Chibok girls and others held captive.

Same goes with this devil call Boko Haram too, so don't just celebrate this tout, thug and militant call asari cause if he's sure of himself and want to help jonathan out, tomorrow he should face Sambisa forest.

I don't think even an APC govt will be able to deal with Boko Haram which is Nigerias greatest threat as a nation.

The Federal Government has explained why the Chibok girls have not arrived the country after six months in Boko Haram's den.

If Alhaji Junaid Mohammed and his clique are serious about their silly complaints, they should first advise their Islamic peons, so called Boko Haram members to unconditionally avail themselves by surrendering to the appropriate authorities.Alhaji Junaid Mohammed and co are making themselves accomplices to the Boko Haram campaign of mass murder of innocent Nigerians, bombing and burning Christian places of worship.Nigeria of OBJ of yester - year is not Nigeria of Goodluck Jonathan of today.No sane and rational persons would ask for negotiations with mass murderers.One gets the impression that this so called Dr. hasn't got his faculties about him.He should go and consult a psychiiatrists for his mental evaluation.Dr.Junaid Mohmmed is not quite sound upstairs.

«Therefore, we are going to reinforce and reinvigorate the fight not only against elements of Boko Haram which are attempting a new series of attacks on soft targets, kidnappings, farmers versus herdsmen clashes, in addition to ethnic violence fuelled by political mischief makers.

The Cameroonian Information Minister, Issa Bakari, has clarified that the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the deadly Boko Haram sect are not among the 900 hostages recently...