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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan casts his ballot, in Otuoke, Nigeria, Saturday, March 28, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Nigeria State House)
April 5, 2018, 8:10 pm
Nigerian ex-president denies knowledge of hacking claims tied to Israeli firm
Goodluck Jonathan’s office says he was not aware of using Cambridge Analytica for campaign against current leader, after whistleblower says firm utilized Israeli company
By AFP and ToI Staff
IIllustrative photo of Nigerian army soldiers on patrol on March 5, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/SUNDAY AGHAEZE)
May 2, 2015, 1:50 am
Nigeria frees 234 more women, children from Boko Haram
Army says it rescued hostages during operation in Sambisa forest, is screening released individuals at undisclosed location
By AFP
A file picture taken on May 5, 2014 shows Chibok school girls who escaped from the Boko Haram Islamists gathering to receive information from officials (photo credit: AFP/STR)
April 12, 2015, 8:01 am
Nigeria girls who fled Boko Haram look to brighter future
Two hundred and nineteen hostages still missing after being kidnapped by Islamist terror group last year
By AFP
Kenyan police officers take cover outside the Garissa University College during an attack by gunmen in Garissa, Kenya, Thursday, April 2, 2015. (photo credit: AP)
April 2, 2015, 10:34 pm
Al-Shabab gunmen massacre at least 147 at Kenya school
Officials confirm siege of university over, four Somali terrorists killed after standoff with military; dozens of students injured
By AFP
People displaced following attacks by Islamist militants lineup for accreditation before casting their votes, in Yola, Nigeria, Saturday March 28, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
March 29, 2015, 1:14 pm
Boko Haram kills 41, stops hundreds voting in Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan faces strong opposition in elections amid continuing violence from extremists
By MICHELLE FAUL and Haruna Umar
File: Security officials search on March 7, 2015 for information at the main gate to the Monday Market following an explosion in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria. (AFP/Ptunji Omirin)
March 7, 2015, 7:39 pm
Three bombings kill 58 in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram blamed for terrorist attacks that also injure 139 in markets, bus station
By Bukar Hussain and Aminu Abubakar
A woman walking past burnt houses after a two-day clash between officers of the Joint Task Force and members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, in Baga, Borno, April 21, 2013. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/STRINGER)
January 13, 2015, 4:46 pm
Cameroon soldiers kill 143 Boko Haram terrorists
Soldiers repel hard-line Islamists who tried to storm army base in cross-border raid; official says death toll in Baga assault 150, not 2,000
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 2013 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
December 31, 2014, 11:54 am
PM thanks African leaders for thwarting Palestinian UN bid
Netanyahu calls Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan; Liberman says vote shows ‘provocation will not achieve anything’
By ToI Staff and AP
Nigeria's Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a video from May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/File)
November 2, 2014, 3:20 am
Nigerian terrorist says kidnapped girls married
‘If you knew the state your daughters are in today, it might lead some of you … to die from grief,’ Boko Haram leader says
By Haruna Umar and MICHELLE FAUL
Video reportedly showing some of the 276 school girls kidnapped by Islamic group Boko Haram, May 12, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/AFP news agency)
November 1, 2014, 11:46 am
Boko Haram denies truce, says kidnapped girls married
Nigerian extremist group’s leader Abubakar Shekau claims 276 abducted schoolgirls all converted to Islam
By Haruna Umar and MICHELLE FAUL
Video reportedly showing some of the 276 school girls kidnapped by Islamic group Boko Haram, May 12, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/AFP news agency)
October 17, 2014, 6:34 pm
Nigeria claims deal with Boko Haram on kidnapped girls
Abuja says it reached agreement to end hostilities with al-Qaeda affiliate, secure release of 219 captive girls
By AFP
Former president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan (screencapture: Youtube/BBCWorldNewsWatch)
June 29, 2014, 7:32 pm
Nigerian leader decries ‘dastardly’ kidnapping of teens
After Boko Haram abduction, Goodluck Jonathan says he is acquainted with ‘scourge of terrorism’
By Marissa Newman
Nigeria's chief of defense staff Air Marshal Alex S. Badeh, centre, speaks during a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, May 26, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Gbenga Olamikan)
May 27, 2014, 3:09 am
Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located
Army holding back for fear use of force could get over 300 girls, kidnapped by Islamic extremists in April, killed
By MICHELLE FAUL
Smoke rises after a bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, Nigeria, on May 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Stefanos Foundation)
May 21, 2014, 12:55 am
Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118
New attacks raise fresh questions about government’s grip on security
By AFP
Video reportedly showing some of the 276 school girls kidnapped by Islamic group Boko Haram, May 12, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/AFP news agency)
May 20, 2014, 3:20 pm
Israel experts join search for Nigerian schoolgirls
Two security specialists will join teams from France, US and Britain in operation against Boko Haram
By AFP
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