http://www.news24.com/Tags/People/goodluck jonathan Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:27:11 +0200 Nigeria has formally declared the Boko Haram Islamist sect and Ansaru "terrorist" groups and issued a law to ban them, a presidential statement says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Boko-Haram-Ansaru-are-terrorist-groups-20130604 The leader of Boko Haram Islamist rebels says a Nigerian military offensive is failing in its goal of crushing the four-year-old insurgency. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Military-offensive-failing-Boko-Haram-20130529 Nigerian soldiers have killed three members of Islamist militant sect Boko Haram and arrested 25 more in northeast, the army says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigerian-army-kills-3-Islamists-20130528 Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-hostages-rescued-20130524 Nigerian authorities have detained children in connection with the Islamist insurgency they are battling, but the government plans to release them under a peace gesture announced this week. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-insurgency-children-to-be-freed-20130523 Banks in Nigeria have been urged to fund infrastructural development in Africa so the continent can stop depending on the West. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Banks-urged-to-fund-infrastructure-development-20130522-2 Nigeria's military says it has re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-retakes-Islamist-strongholds-20130520 A sweeping offensive against Boko Haram Islamists has left dozens of insurgents dead, the defence ministry says, as the military pressed on with air raids and ground assaults across three states. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Dozens-of-insurgents-killed-in-Nigeria-20130517 Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office has warned. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Islamists-could-face-war-crimes-charges-20130517 Nigeria's military has announced a "massive" deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Islamist insurgents have seized territory. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Troops-deploy-in-Nigerias-northeast-20130516 * Boko Haram already controls parts of the northeast http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-launches-offensive-in-northeast-20130515 Nigeria's president has declared a state of emergency across three north-eastern territories, because of ever-increasing guerrilla attacks by Islamic extremists. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/State-of-emergency-in-parts-of-Nigeria-20130514 More than 100 South African companies are doing business in Nigeria across several industries, President Jacob Zuma says. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Zuma-Over-100-SA-firms-in-Nigeria-20130507 Powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria have pledged to worker closer together after signing nine pacts covering oil and gas, power, defence and communication. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/SA-Nigeria-forum-hailed-as-historic-20130507 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says it is imperative that Africa's two biggest economies work together for the good of the continent, otherwise both will be considered failures. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Jonathan-SA-Nigeria-must-work-together-20130507 See the latest pictures of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's state visit to South Africa. http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/South-Africa/Goodluck-Jonathan-visits-SA-20130507 Leaders from Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, are set to meet in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Nigeria-SA-leaders-aim-to-boost-ties-20130507 President Jacob Zuma and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan are expected to discuss ways of improving trade and economic relations between the two countries. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/SA-Nigeria-set-to-rev-up-trade-20130505 Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is currently going through a "trying moment", President Goodluck Jonathan says, while launching seven new police helicopters. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-in-trying-moment-says-Jonathan-20130429 Nigerian rescue workers are setting up temporary camps in a remote northeast town and distributed aid to the masses displaced by brutal fighting that left 187 people dead. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-carnage-camps-for-victims-20130425