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The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Nigerian President, Mr Muhammadu Buharia and his Cameroonian counterpart, Mr Paul Biya in Yaounde, the Capital of Cameroon.

Before leaving Cameroon, Nigeria’s president said “none of us can succeed alone”.

The attack on Buratai was the fourth since February 2014, PRNigeria, which distributes media releases for the Nigerian military, reported Tuesday.

It takes three years after the last case for a country to be declared fully polio-free (as opposed to just non-endemic), but at the current rate, we are looking at a polio-free world by 2020-46 years after the WHO first promoted a global immunisation programme.

Jonathan had clashed with the Obama administration over Boko Haram and military assistance.

Two policemen were among the victims, ‘ Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told AFP on Monday.

Buhari’s visit, billed as a chance to “underscore the United States’ longstanding friendship with Nigeria”, was seen as a departure from previous rocky relations between the nations.

Nigeria’s presidential election in March has done nothing to stop Boko Haram’s destructive behavior.

Boko Haram‎ suicide bombers have killed scores of Muslim worshippers in Damaturu, Yobe State capital when they detonated bombs strapped to their bodies amidst large crowd of worshippers.

The bomb blasts on Friday at the Eid prayer ground in Yobe, Damaturu have been traced to two little girls between the ages of 10 and 11, eyewitnesses and local security sources said.

A few hours after two suicide bombers triggered explosions in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, the Nigerian Army reacted to the incessant attacks by vowing the defeat of insurgent Islamist fighters in the country’s northeast zone.

A few hours after two suicide bombers triggered explosions in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, the Nigerian Army reacted to the incessant attacks by vowing the defeat of insurgent Islamist fighters in the country’s northeast zone.

Nwosu however called on the Nigeria Football Federation and Nigerians to support the new coach in his bid to take Nigerian football to the next level.

At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s main relief agency says, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram.

With the latest attacks, more than 500 people have been killed, according to AFP reporting.