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Air strikes, dozens dead in Nigeria assault on Islamists
Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching air strikes on insurgent camp with dozens of militants killed in the fighting, the military said.
Nigeria Steps Up Assaults on Militants in Northeast
Military officials said attacks were launched against the Boko Haram Islamist group in border areas in a forest south of the city of Maiduguri.
Nigeria launches air raids on Islamists
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching air strikes on insurgent camps, with dozens of militants killed in the fighting, the military said.
Nigeria launches air raids on Islamists
Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching air strikes on insurgent camps, with dozens of militants killed in the fighting, the military said.
Nigeria First Bank targets 10 pct loan growth this year: CEO
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's FBN Holdings Plc aims to grow loans 10 percent this year for its banking unit, down from 23 percent growth in 2012, as it tries to balance its capital needs with creating risk assets, the head of the banking unit said on Friday. The CEO of First Bank, Bisi Onasanya, told a conference call the lender had a capital adequacy ratio of 21 percent and it wanted to balance ...
Nigeria's Islamists could face war crimes charges: UN
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office warned Friday, also urging the government to ensure civilians are not swept up in an army counter-offensive.
Air strikes, casualties in Nigeria offensive on Islamists
Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching deadly air strikes on insurgent camps, the military said, while residents reported that forces had deployed in border areas to block the militants from fleeing.
Official: Nigeria military shells suspected Islamic extremist camps in northeast, killing 21
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.
Official: Nigeria military shells camps, kills 21
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.
Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergency zone
By Augustine Madu KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across the north. It was not clear who carried out the attack. Several gunmen were killed during a clash with police in the remote ...
Nigeria earns 621 bln naira in revenues in April
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government received 621 billion naira in revenues in April, up from 595.7 billion the previous month owing to improved earnings from domestic crude and a petroleum profit tax, the accountant general said on Thursday Accountant General Jonah Otunla said Nigeria had distributed 721.5 billion naira to its three tiers of government -- federal, state and local -- including ...
Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency.
Nigeria set for air strikes against Islamists
Nigeria's military said Thursday that it was ready to launch air strikes against Boko Haram Islamists as several thousand troops moved to the remote northeast to retake territory seized by the insurgents.
Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria, mobile phones cut
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency.
Mobile phone service off in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers to the region to fight Islamic extremists.