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Africa & Global Business, African Opinion Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split

(Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in support of troops fighting increasingly powerful Islamist insurgents in its northeast on Thursday, the second day of a military offensive that has divided opinion over how best to tackle the rebellion. A Reuters reporter saw two Alpha jets land in the city of Yola, in Adamawa state, one of three over which President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of ...

Africa & Global Business, African Opinion Reuters- Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergen

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 town in Katsina state, army spokesman Iked...

Africa, Africa & Global Business EFCC to evacuate stolen crude

Justice E. S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to evacuate for safe keeping the petroleum products recovered from 14 suspected oil thieves currently facing prosecution for charges bordering on conspiracy and oil bunkering. At the resumed hearing, the EFCC through an ex-parte motion brought pursuant to secti...