Boko Haram Suicide bomber in failed mission: attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three

photo: A man walks past blood stains and rubble after twin suicide blasts at Kantin Kwari textile market in Kano

A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on Monday, witnesses told AFP.

The would-be bomber detonated his explosives a few metres (yards) from an open-air mosque in the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum shortly after afternoon prayers.

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Dirty Deals EXPOSED: Jigawa’s governor-elect wants Jonathan refund N11b cost of airport

Jigawa governor-elect

Dirty Deals EXPOSED: Jigawa’s governor-elect wants Jonathan refund N11b cost of airport

Governor-elect of Jigawa state, north-west Nigeria, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday urged Nigeria’s Federal Government to release the N11 billion used for the construction of Dutse International Airport.

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Some chieftains want Jonathan To Prepare for 2019 election

The People's Democratic party Chieftains Ask Jonathan To Prepare for 2019, Want National Working Committee Sacked Immediately

Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to start preparing to run again for election in 2019.

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Dangote listed 3 major Nigerian Problems Buhari Should Tackle

3 Major Nigerian Problems Buhari Should Tackle - Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has listed three major challenges facing Nigeria’s economy that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari needs to tackle.

According to Dangote, Buhari needs to make unemployment, increased power generation and corruption his top priorities after his swearing-in on May 29.

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Nigerians among 900 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean Sea Boat were killed by British government policy

Nigerians among The 900 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean were killed by British government policy

We were warned. We knew the dangers. We let 'migrants' drown

 There’s something we need to be clear on. The death of 900 refugees – we have to use that blanket term because we don’t know the names of the dead, and I suspect we never will – in the Mediterranean over the weekend was not a “tragedy”. The word tragedy implies an accidental calamity. An unfortunate confluence of space and time.

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Boko Haram lined up Nineteen villagers for execution: beheaded

Boko Haram: Nineteen villagers beheaded

Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source said in an updated toll, adding that most of the victims were beheaded.

“The final toll from this attack is 19 dead, with a majority of the victims decapitated,” a security source said Saturday on condition of anonymity.

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