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Question: Who are you and where are you
from?
Answer: My name is Sheik Sani Haliru. I am
from Niger Republic, but my mother is from
Bornu State of Nigeria and I grew up in
Wulari, Maiduguri, (Northern Nigeria) where
I was trained.
Q: Trained as what and under whose
tutelage?
A: I was trained as an Almajiri, after four
years, at the age of 14, I was sent to Kano
City, Kano State where I was trained in the
Sheik Abubakar Gummi School of Arabic
studies.

Boko Haram: Can regional force beat Nigeria's militant Islamists?

The plan has now been approved by the African Union.

But what are the chances that this 8,700-strong regional force will root out an insurgency responsible for the death of tens of thousands in recent years?

Chibok girls are in Gwoza, says freed Boko Haram abductee

Over 200 girls abducted in Chibok in April 2014 are being held in Gwoza town in Borno State, a woman who was recently released by the Boko Haram sect has told the icirnigeria.org.

She said she was held in the same location as the abducted Chibok girls.

Mbutu Papka, 56, who was kidnapped in July 2014 and held by the insurgents for eight months in two locations, said confidently that the abducted girls were being held under very tight security in a house in Gwoza.

Operators panic over low oil prices

 

 Kaduna Refinery

International and local operators in the Nigerian petroleum sector on Wednesday declared that there was palpable fear in the industry as a result of the current low prices of crude oil in the global market.

According to them, the low prices and uncertainties in the local fiscal environment have prompted oil companies to review their work programmes across the country.

Nigeria needs global aid to overcome B’Haram –Shettima

 

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, recently visited Diffa province in Niger Republic to see over 20, 000 people of the state displaced by Boko Haram insurgency. Our correspondent, KAYODE IDOWU, who was on the tour, writes

FG to prosecute firms that spill oil

 

Director-General/Chief Executive, NOSDRA, Mr. Peter Idabor

International and indigenous that firms that spill oil in the country will soon face criminal charges, the Federal Government has warned.

Nigeria, others behind OPEC lowest output since June

 

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke

The decline in crude oil production in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya drove down output from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to its lowest in February since June last year, according to the cartel’s latest monthly report released on Monday.