7 results for "JON GAMBRELL"
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:25 AMWriter Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.
Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 1:35 PMNigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists - including all the women now held in custody.
Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:43 PMNigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with aut...
Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria, mobile phones cut
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 11:07 AMMobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency.
Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:42 AMNigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency.
Nigeria extremists say they kidnap women, children
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10:12 AMThe leader of an Islamic extremist group in Nigeria says his group has started kidnapping women and children as part of its bloody guerrilla campaign against the country's government, according to a video released Monday.
Nigeria judge: Iranian, colleague smuggled weapons
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:17 AMAn Iranian and his Nigerian accomplice were sentenced to five years in prison Monday over a plot they orchestrated to smuggle a shipment of military-grade weapons including mortar rounds into West Africa.
