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NEWS UPDATE: Boko Haram Regional Mastermind Arrested In Niger.

The Nigerian military has reportedly arrested the mastermind of different attacks by Boko Haram in Niger’s Diffa region which is close to the Nigerian border.

Nigeria hits back at Niger; accuses coalition soldiers of looting, helping Boko Haram

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The Nigerian military responded with anger Thursday after its soldiers were dismissed by the defence authorities of Niger as “cowards”, in a rare public tit-for-tat between the two countries involved in the fight against extremist group, Boko Haram. Niger’s Defence Ministry had in an earlier statement said its soldiers, unlike their Nigerian counterparts, do not run away in the face of battle with Boko Haram militants. “Our soldiers are not like Nigerians. They don’t run,” the statement said.

3,000 Nigerians apply for 39 Chevening Scholarship slots

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Three thousand Nigerians have applied for the 39 available slots of the 2015 Chevening Scholarship awarded by the United Kingdom government, the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock has said. Mr. Pocock made the disclosure last Tuesday at a reception party held for the 2014 Chevening Scholars.

Nyako fumes as court aborts judgment on suit challenging impeachment, transfers case to Abuja

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A former ‎governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has faulted the decision of a Federal High Court in Yola to transfer the case he instituted over his impeachment by the Adamawa State House of Assembly to Abuja. The transfer was ordered by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Ibrahim Auta.

History of the Hash House Harriers

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History of the Hash House Harriers as Recorded by the Mother Hash The Hash House The 'Hash House' was the mildly derogative nickname given (for its unimaginative, monotonous food) to the Selangor Club Chambers, by the British Civil Servants and businessman who lived and dined there. Originally, the ground floor housed the main Selangor Club dining room, and between the two World Wars it became a social center of the times, used regularly for lunch time meals by the members who worked in the immediate vicinity.