Thursday 12th January 2017

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Boko Haram Fights Back in Maiduguri Suburb, One Officer, Six Soldiers Killed Theatre Commander: It’s not true Army announces recovery of corpses of missing officer, 15 soldiers Olawale Olaleye in Lagos and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri The Boko Haram terror group fought back on Sunday, invading Cinki Gundu, an

outskirt of Maiduguri, the Bornu State capital, where an officer and six soldiers were killed. Eight others were injured. Although military authorities

denied the latest incursion of the terrorists, less than two weeks after Boko Haram’s flag was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari as a mark of the military’s total subjugation

of the fanatical religious sect, THISDAY sources said Cinki Gundu is now being used as the terrorists’ operational base. “Outright falsehood,” MajGen Lucky Irabor, the Theatre

Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military taskforce clearing the North-east of the insurgents, told THISDAY in a text message last night. Irabor who had earlier

yesterday in Maiduguri addressed the press on the mop-up operations of the military where he said there were still pockets of Continued on page 8

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China Plans Fresh $40bn Investments in Nigeria Buhari pledges to honour agreements, severs relations with Taiwan Alex Enumah in Abuja The Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, Wang Yi, has disclosed plans by the Chinese government to invest up to $40b in Nigeria as part of efforts aimed at deepening relations between the two countries.

The amount, which was announced by the minister during a joint briefing with his Nigerian counterpart yesterday in Abuja was in addition to other contributions China had made to Nigeria to support Continued on page 8

Senate Coup: You May Be Next Victim, Ndume Warns Ekweremadu Tinubu, APC govs, ministers, others meet in Ibadan today Olawale Olaleye in Lagos and Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Sacked Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, yesterday warned against alleged sustained violations of parliamentary procedures, which he said

manifested in his sudden removal on Tuesday, warning that Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu might be the next victim of the alleged disregard for rules. Continued on page 8

UN to Investigate Killings A HELPING HAND FROM CHINA… President Muhammadu Buhari, Foreign Minister of China, Mr. Wang Yi; and Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Zhou in Southern Kaduna… Page 11 R-L: Pingjian, during Yi’s visit to the State House, Abuja… yesterday state house


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