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The children – ages five, seven and 12 – were slaughtered on Thursday in Sulimanti Ward of Maiduguri, Borno State by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram

The JTF said Ibn Saleh Ibrahim, who led the group that killed Shuwa, based on an order from Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, was shot dead during a joint operation on Thursday

But I do also view the offer of mediation by the former governor of Abia State as historic, salutary and heroic. The Federal Government is hereby advised to weigh this option comprehensively in the best interest of Nigeria

I respect General Buhari’s decision not to represent the Boko Haram. That however does not make it the right decision on the matter. I don’t read crystal balls. But this unwise decision will return to hurt Buhari as leader and politician as did an earlier mistake he made in reaction to a false and malicious news report

While five of the Igbo technicians – welders – were killed in Gaidam, Yobe State, one – a fridge repairer – was killed in Maiduguri, Borno State

The Commissioner, Yobe State Police Command, Patrick Egbuniwe, confirmed the killing.
Egbuniwe, however, said as at press time details of the shooting and killing were still sketchy

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Emeka Obasi, Kalu said there was nothing wrong with the refusal of the offer by Buhari, adding that he was in a position to talk with the group for the return of peace to the country

The killing was confirmed by the spokesman of the Joint Task Force in Yobe State, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus

Soyinka, who spoke on Thursday in Lagos at the 2012 Annual Conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service, told newsmen that Boko Haram was part of an international network of terrorist groups that only understood violence

It said while it was convenient for the military to condemn the part of the report that indicted its officers and men for rights abuses, it failed to acknowledge the sections that also pointed out the excesses of Boko Haram as mention in the report

The Commissioner, Borno State Police Command, Abdullahi Yuguda, who confirmed the incidents, said the Chinese workers were killed by yet-to-be-apprehended gunmen in Benisheik, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State on Wednesday

The legs of a young boy was said to have been blown off by the bombs

The attempt by Boko Haram to burn the Airtel mast was thwarted in Ngelzarma village of Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State as the security forces engaged them in a gun battle that lasted for about two hours

Buhari, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the CPC’s Board of Trustees meeting, said he was not willing to negotiate on behalf of a faceless group

Aliyu said if the Federal Government should proceed to dialogue with faceless members of Boko Haram, the peace process could be hijacked by fraudsters

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, in a media chat on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the methodology used by human rights group is faulty

The position of the party was made known on Tuesday in Abuja by its National Chairman, Prince Tony Momoh, who told Buhari, the CPC’s presidential candidate in the 2011 election, not to consider the proposal by Boko Haram

Justice Kolawole, at the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, was miffed by the failure of the prosecution to call in any of the listed witnesses to testify against Ndume

A man who purportedly spoke on behalf of Boko Haram, Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz, said it was not the group that shot dead Shuwa, his orderly and a guest in his Maiduguri, Borno State home

n a statement on Friday, the CPC said since Buhari has no link with terrorism or any terrorist organisation, he cannot negotiate on behalf of Boko Haram with the Federal Government