17 killed, 35 injured in Yobe mosques attacks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1_QbEGSyos/U9lQZCOAVxI/AAAAAAABI2Y/3deuS9St-dk/s1600/mosque+demolished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1_QbEGSyos/U9lQZCOAVxI/AAAAAAABI2Y/3deuS9St-dk/s1600/mosque+demolished.jpg" height="302" width="640"></a></div> <br> <br> <b>Some parts of Potiskum town of Yobe State in North East Nigeria boiled on Tuesday night as no fewer than 17 worshippers were killed by suspected insurgents, who launched attacks on two separate mosques in the town.</b><br>

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Fourth female suicide attack in Kano kills 6

<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tyi5LS7LA0o/U9kwquFaqTI/AAAAAAABIzc/7vsDZAPCibU/s1600/female.hijab_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tyi5LS7LA0o/U9kwquFaqTI/AAAAAAABIzc/7vsDZAPCibU/s1600/female.hijab_.jpg" height="276" width="640"></a></div> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b> <b><span style="font-size: large;">A female suicide bomber killed six people at a college campus in Kano city today, the fourth time Boko Haram Islamists were suspected of using a female attacker in as many days.</span></b><br> <br> The latest violence came as the government announced the arrest of a 10-year-old girl with explosives strapped to her chest in a neighbouring area.<br>

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SUICIDE ATTACK: 10-year-old, 2 teenagers arrested with explosives in Kano

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OtDfLplQSSw/U9k1Ln3TriI/AAAAAAABIzw/tGJ4pCuU-ns/s1600/female_suicide_bombervest-326x235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OtDfLplQSSw/U9k1Ln3TriI/AAAAAAABIzw/tGJ4pCuU-ns/s1600/female_suicide_bombervest-326x235.jpg" height="280" width="640"></a></div> <b>Coordinator of National Information Centre, Mr Mike says security forces stopped a car in Kano’s neighbouring state of Katsina today and arrested three suspected Boko Haram members.</b><br> <br> The group included one male and two girls, aged 18 and 10.<br>

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Fear of Ebola: Nollywood star, Jim Iyke flees Liberia

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nollywood Actor, Jim Iyke has fled Liberia’s capital city, Monrovia over Ebola outbreak.</b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZdA3XAtt2o/U9juPjat9ZI/AAAAAAABIww/P73lzfoNIk8/s1600/hhtt.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZdA3XAtt2o/U9juPjat9ZI/AAAAAAABIww/P73lzfoNIk8/s1600/hhtt.gif" height="472" width="640" /></a></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Iyke who was in Monrovia, Liberia for business, left a few hours ago, following reports of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jim Iyke, via Instagram, revealed that he is scared of the deadly virus and that although his business plans were not concluded, he had to leave.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Monrovia, unfinished biz (business); Leavin(g) tonite(tonight). Nt (Not) ashamed to admit. Tis ish(issue) scares the Jesus outta me. #Ebola!!!!” he said.</span></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="mol-para-with-font"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The contrast between Iyke's image of first class luxury is in stark contrast to the thousands of terrified Liberians who are living in fear of contracting the deadly disease.</span></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font"> <br /></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="ext-gen56" style="font-size: small;">However, much of the anger about his image stemmed from fear among Nigerian citizens that Iyke appeared to be travelling back to the country without having been tested to see if he was infected.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>

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Woman killed in Somalia for not wearing her Hijab

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvLI7pghihg/U9j6FiAbhTI/AAAAAAABIyg/J_yPolqvVD4/s1600/hijab+womn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gvLI7pghihg/U9j6FiAbhTI/AAAAAAABIyg/J_yPolqvVD4/s1600/hijab+womn.jpg" height="320" width="640"></a></div> <br> <b><br></b> <b>Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil (Hijab), her relatives say.</b><br> <br>

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Presidency shared N22.4m to Chibok parents, escaped girls - Community

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LYpfnQew3Xk/U9lS7bAXhAI/AAAAAAABI2s/SqZET200lMY/s1600/jonathan+meets+CHIBOK+GIRLs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LYpfnQew3Xk/U9lS7bAXhAI/AAAAAAABI2s/SqZET200lMY/s1600/jonathan+meets+CHIBOK+GIRLs.jpg" height="340" width="640"></a></div> <br> <b>The Kibaku Area Development Association (Chibok community), has explained that the Presidency shared N22.4m to the Chibok parents and the escaped girls that held a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on July 22,2014, contrary to reports that N100m was doled out to the recipients.</b><br>

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Presidency replies Ezekwesili, others - Chibok parents need comfort, not sorrow

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FHe0lq14q4E/U9lSLZKzJkI/AAAAAAABI2k/LR79agwAzEY/s1600/jonathan+vex+Goodluck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FHe0lq14q4E/U9lSLZKzJkI/AAAAAAABI2k/LR79agwAzEY/s1600/jonathan+vex+Goodluck.jpg" height="294" width="640"></a></div> <b><br></b> <b>Presidency tells EzekwesiliThe presidency has urged Nigerians to desist from spreading false stories capable of compounding the woes of the parents of the abducted Chibok girls.</b><br>

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Police arrest woman, pastor for allegedly killing her children

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uoo_8cZ3Swo/U9lPp5TABSI/AAAAAAABI2M/U1uDCi4tLqA/s1600/police-logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uoo_8cZ3Swo/U9lPp5TABSI/AAAAAAABI2M/U1uDCi4tLqA/s1600/police-logo1.jpg" height="203" width="400"></a></div> <br> The Police in Delta State have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Ese Oghenevwe, and her church priest, Austin Eduviere following a report that her two sons died after consuming a liquid substance the priest gave to her.<br>

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Jonathan condemns Kano suicide bombing

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q_kBSLg760c/U9lPNaJp7gI/AAAAAAABI2E/h5weoIjrHGM/s1600/jonathan+boko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q_kBSLg760c/U9lPNaJp7gI/AAAAAAABI2E/h5weoIjrHGM/s1600/jonathan+boko.jpg" height="195" width="400"></a></div> <br> <br> President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Armed Forces, Police and other national security agencies to strengthen security around educational facilities in states prone to terrorist attacks.<br> <br>

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Rice, kerosene distribution not for election - PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0xjcM1qSpx4/U9lN4HMvB2I/AAAAAAABI14/ptVCg348Trs/s1600/Omisore-corn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0xjcM1qSpx4/U9lN4HMvB2I/AAAAAAABI14/ptVCg348Trs/s1600/Omisore-corn.jpg" height="326" width="640"></a></div> <br> The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said it has been distributing food items and kerosene to residents of the state for years, especially during festive periods, before it began its campaign for the forthcoming governorship election.<br>

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FG signs agreement with EU on N100bn loan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBCs8or7psM/U9lMzQ88ECI/AAAAAAABI1s/Sxv0JDwDAbM/s1600/gej_0.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBCs8or7psM/U9lMzQ88ECI/AAAAAAABI1s/Sxv0JDwDAbM/s1600/gej_0.gif" height="300" width="400"></a></div> <br> <br> The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had secured a fresh funding of about N100bn for developmental projects for the next five years under the European Development Fund.<br>

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Nigerians plead for foreign help as Ebola fears spread

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_q6I-T_qsDk/U9lMTkWZY4I/AAAAAAABI1k/FPrOC2ijVfs/s1600/ebola+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_q6I-T_qsDk/U9lMTkWZY4I/AAAAAAABI1k/FPrOC2ijVfs/s1600/ebola+2.jpg" height="294" width="640"></a></div> <br> <br> Standing just a few hundred metres from the Lagos hospital where a Liberian man died of Ebola, John Ejiofor pleaded for the world to help contain a spread of the virus raging across west Africa.<br> <br> “Nigeria is in a serious mess,” the 40-year-old electrical engineer said. “We lack the capacity to deal with the situation.”<br> <br> Residents of Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city with more than 20 million people, returned to work Wednesday after a four-day break to mark the end of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, a public holiday across the country, even in the majority Christian south.<br> <br> It was the first workday morning in the bustling mega-city since authorities confirmed that the worst-ever Ebola epidemic — which has killed more than 670 people since March in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — had reached Nigerian soil.<br>

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Gaza conflict: Israeli air strike kills 15 in market

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYigYmyRLgw/U9lLX2ZGYfI/AAAAAAABI1c/c5Oygg6kFTE/s1600/bomb+gaza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYigYmyRLgw/U9lLX2ZGYfI/AAAAAAABI1c/c5Oygg6kFTE/s1600/bomb+gaza.jpg" height="360" width="640"></a></div> <br> At least 15 people have been killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli air strike that hit a market near Gaza City, Palestinian officials say.<br> <br>

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Gunmen abduct 90-year-old Senator’s mother

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ucty7CGlAxg/U9lKlBXQD8I/AAAAAAABI1U/JykenTX-7Uc/s1600/gunmen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ucty7CGlAxg/U9lKlBXQD8I/AAAAAAABI1U/JykenTX-7Uc/s1600/gunmen.jpg" height="336" width="640"></a></div> <br> <br> Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted Florentina, the monther of Senator Emmanuel Paulker, in Bayelsa State.<br>

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Potiskum bombs exploded in two mosques, many feared dead - Police

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewOIlmvlvfI/U9k7YC9OGJI/AAAAAAABI0U/SxNijs3eF7c/s1600/mosque+demolished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewOIlmvlvfI/U9k7YC9OGJI/AAAAAAABI0U/SxNijs3eF7c/s1600/mosque+demolished.jpg" height="302" width="640"></a></div> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <b><br></b> <b>The Yobe State Police Command on Wednesday in Damaturu confirmed Tuesday’s bomb attacks in Potiskum.</b><br>

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Boko Haram turning Nigeria to a war zone - Tukur

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqDwvMFhyzs/U9lIiRYVr0I/AAAAAAABI1I/fbYrx5gMpEA/s1600/Tukur+PDP+flags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqDwvMFhyzs/U9lIiRYVr0I/AAAAAAABI1I/fbYrx5gMpEA/s1600/Tukur+PDP+flags.jpg" height="242" width="640"></a></div> <br> Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday raised the alarm that the increasing wave of bomb blasts and acts of terrorism especially in the North East “may turn the country into a war zone,” unless the trend was contained on time.<br>

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Ohanaeze youths demand protection of Igbos in North

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jIc9G_k695c/U9lDkOOrjkI/AAAAAAABI04/SkWSG4zR44s/s1600/igbo+chief+cap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jIc9G_k695c/U9lDkOOrjkI/AAAAAAABI04/SkWSG4zR44s/s1600/igbo+chief+cap.jpg" height="200" width="320"></a></div> <br> <br> The Ohanaeze Youth Wing has asked the Northern Governors Forum to reassure Igbos living in the North of their safety within 21 days.<br>

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EKITI: Fayemi signs new LCDAs bill into law

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chegSzK-ca8/U9lBl-zbs9I/AAAAAAABI0s/1WYVXAM6OpQ/s1600/gov+ekiti+fayemi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chegSzK-ca8/U9lBl-zbs9I/AAAAAAABI0s/1WYVXAM6OpQ/s1600/gov+ekiti+fayemi.jpg" height="250" width="400"></a></div> <b><br></b> <b><br></b> <b>Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday endorsed the bill passed by the state’s House of Assembly on the creation of new 19 Local Government Council Areas in the State.</b><br> <br> The new LGCAs, which will still be referred to as Local Council Development Areas pending final approval by the National Assembly were created from 12 of the exist<br>

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Plan to probe me ridiculous - Nyako

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HbMrWDt7TZw/U9k2xSO_TdI/AAAAAAABIz8/QpoxwcePJ8w/s1600/nyako+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HbMrWDt7TZw/U9k2xSO_TdI/AAAAAAABIz8/QpoxwcePJ8w/s1600/nyako+new.jpg" height="284" width="640"></a></div> <b><br></b> <b><br></b> <b>Former Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa has described the plan by the Acting Governor of the State to probe his administration as “ridiculous.’’</b><br> <br>

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Young female suicide bomber strikes Kano polytechnic

The new strategy of violent Islamic sect continued on Wednesday, as yet another female suicide bomber attacked students of Kano Polytechnic. <br /> <br /> <br /> The spokesperson of the Police in the state, Magaji Majiya, has told newsmen that, <br /> Two persons were confirmed dead in the incident and at least seven others were injured, the police said. <br /> <br /> <br /> "A female tenager blew herself up at about 2:30 p.m. and she was targeting the students of Kano State Polytechnic," he said. <br /> <br /> <br /> Mr. Majiya said the students targeted were prospective Corps members who had earlier received text messages from the polytechnic's administration department informing them that their postings to various states for the National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] was out. <br /> <br /> <br /> The Police spokesperson also said apart from the suicide bomber, two other students  died in the blast while seven others were injured and evacuated to a hospital. <br /> <br /> <br /> "The area has been cordoned off and investigation has already commenced," he said. <br /> <br /> <br /> Wednesday's attack brings to four the number of suicide bomb attacks in the city involving young female bombers. <br /> <br /> <br /> Three attempts were earlier made on an NNPC filling station, the North West University, and the Trade Fair Complex in the city on Tuesday.

Young female suicide bomber strikes Kano polytechnic

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Many feared dead as suicide bombers hit two mosques in Yobe

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKug7-U4xpw/U9jzAA1UOYI/AAAAAAABIxU/gPX6oUdiHnQ/s1600/yobe+map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKug7-U4xpw/U9jzAA1UOYI/AAAAAAABIxU/gPX6oUdiHnQ/s1600/yobe+map.png" height="258" width="640"></a></div> <br> <br> Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Yobe state late Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring several others, witnesses told AFP blaming the Boko Haram Islamists.<br>

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Ebola dives globally as sick passengers are tested for the deadly virus in Hong Kong and the UK

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6l81klDTQS8/U9j9hIa9FBI/AAAAAAABIy4/11PIpIWgIik/s1600/Ebola+ASIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6l81klDTQS8/U9j9hIa9FBI/AAAAAAABIy4/11PIpIWgIik/s1600/Ebola+ASIA.jpg" height="332" width="640"></a></div> <b><br></b> <b>Fears over West Africa’s Ebola outbreak have gone global following the death of a man in Lagos last week, as health authorities in Hong Kong and Birmingham, England, have quarantined passengers showing possible symptoms of the disease.</b><br>

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Police confirm Yobe bomb attacks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dRNzkMzMPSc/U9j4_ewHpnI/AAAAAAABIyY/R3RMmKdNlB4/s1600/police-logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dRNzkMzMPSc/U9j4_ewHpnI/AAAAAAABIyY/R3RMmKdNlB4/s1600/police-logo1.jpg" height="203" width="400"></a></div> <br> <br> The Yobe Police Command on Wednesday in Damaturu confirmed Tuesday’s bomb attacks in Potiskum.<br> <br>

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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, sacks two senior army officers after Boko Haram attacks

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eylYdipVNNI/U9j39Pzxy9I/AAAAAAABIyM/dkbD0vnElt8/s1600/cameroon+biya.jpg" height="304" width="640" /></div> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has sacked two senior army officers at the forefront of the battle against militant Islamist group Boko Haram.</span></b><br /> <br /> State radio did not give reasons for the dismissal of Col Youssa Gedeon and Lt-Col Justin Ngonga.<br /> <br /> The decision probably reflects Biya’s growing concern about the Boko Haram threat, correspondents say.<br /> <br /> On Sunday, the deputy prime minister’s wife was abducted by suspected militants.<br /> <br /> She was abducted in the northern town of Kolofata, along with her maid, a religious leader and the local mayor.<br /> <br /> The BBC’s Muhaman Babalala in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, says the abductions showed a clear lapse in security, and the government may have therefore decided to sack the officers.<br /> <br /> They were in charge of military operations in northern areas along the porous border with Nigeria, he says.<br /> <br /> In May, Biya promised a “total war” against Boko Haram.<br /> <br /> Boko Haram is fighting for an Islamic state in Nigeria, but has carried out a series of cross-border raids in Cameroon.<br /> <br /> The group attacked Cameroon three times last week, killing at least four soldiers, Reuters news agency reports.<br /> <br /> Militants have kidnapped foreign nationals in northern Cameroon before, including a French family and Chinese workers.

World Update Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, sacks two senior army officers after Boko Haram attacks

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has sacked two senior army officers at the forefront of the battle ...

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South Africa extradites German priest on sex abuse charges

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EVwfjpUPTPE/U9j2hhMqudI/AAAAAAABIx4/nkDjsAQiW6s/s1600/Priest+jailed.jpg" height="265" width="400"></div> <br> <b>A German Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse of children in his native country and in South Africa has been extradited to Germany, police said Wednesday.</b><br> <br> Georg Kerkhoff, who is in his 50s, was put on a plane to Germany on Tuesday night, South African police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini told AFP.<br>

World Update South Africa extradites German priest on sex abuse charges

A German Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse of children in his native country and in South...

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