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Nigeria’s military is chasing Islamist fighters as they flee to the borders of Chad and Niger from the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared emergency rule, spokesman Chris Olukolade said.
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said troops fighting Islamist insurgents with emergency powers in the northeast will protect civilians and respect internationally accepted rules of engagement.
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Nigerian troops killed 14 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents and arrested 20 others in clashes yesterday around the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said.
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Nigerian troops killed 10 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents and arrested 65 others in clashes around the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said.
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Nigerian troops mounted air and ground attacks on camps used by the militant Islamist Boko Haram group in the northeast, destroying anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, a military spokesman said.
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency rule in three northeastern states, giving sweeping powers to the security forces against Islamist insurgents he said were taking over parts of the region.
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When Nigerian soldiers in pursuit of Islamist militants reached the northeastern town of Baga, fish trader Mohammed Adawu had no time to save his sick 72-year-old father.
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram is ready to stop attacks and hold talks with the government provided the latter proves it’s sincere, according to the self-proclaimed spokesman for the Islamist militant group.
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Nigerian security forces arrested a top commander in the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, a military spokesman said.
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The militant Islamic group Boko Haram shot and injured three people, including a retired police officer, in an attack in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, a police spokesman said.
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