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Christians in Nigeria have welcomed Donald Trump's threat to send the US military to the West African nation 'guns-a-blazing' - but its leaders are wary. Nigeria has been roiled by internal violence in the wake of a jihadist insurgency spearheaded by extremist group Boko Haram in the northeast since 2009. Trump, 79, had already designated Nigeria a 'country of particular concern,' but he took his condemnation of the situation in the country even further last week after hearing about it on Fox News, threatening to cut aid and even send in US troops. Some Christian communities have welcomed the US...

President Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser confirmed that U.S. and Nigerian forces killed 199 suspected terrorists and seized massive new evidence about ISIS extremists during a recent secret mission deep in Africa. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, dropped the details during an appearance on the “Just the News, No Noise” show, declaring the operation “the most successful counterterrorism operation since September 11.” “This is a historic moment, because that operation in Nigeria … that one operation led to the killing of 199 enemies,” Gorka stated. “That is the most successful counterterrorism operation since...

As the Clinton-led State Department dragged its feet against Boko Haram, Clinton Foundation donors made millions from Nigerian oil fields The attacks on Jan. 20, 2012, began not so much as an explosion but as an earthquake. ....In coordinated bombings at 23 separate locations in the city of Kano, including police headquarters and military barracks, the group left one of Africa’s largest cities in disarray and panic. The January attacks killed more than 185 people—Africa’s worst terrorism since the 1998 al-Qaeda attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. ...Boko Haram often showed up better equipped than the Nigerian military...prominently...

Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 Modified Wed, Jun 13, 2012 03:19 PM A 7th District Democratic runoff may be in the works By Steve Jones - sjones@thesunnews.com If S.C. Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian is right, Republicans won’t be the only ones going back to the polls June 26. Harpootlian alleged that the S.C. State Ethics Commission miscounted the votes in the 7th District Democratic primary and a proper accounting would require a runoff between candidates Gloria Tinubu of Georgetown and Preston Brittain of Myrtle Beach. Harpootlian said in a Wednesday morning news release that the Election Commission didn’t include the...

Note: The following text is a quote: "Mr Spencer or whatever you call yourself,i pray u die not except you die a Muslim." Today's Hate Mail Bag specimen comes to us from Tinubu, Nigeria: Mr Spencer or whatever you call yourself,i pray u die not except you die a Muslim. Cos if you dont, then am giving you tidings of rottening in Jahan'nam.Stop being a hypocrite for you yourself know that you are not telling the the truth of the seal of faiths.(AL ISLAM-MADIN). ASHADU ANALAILLAHA ILALLAH WA'ASHADU ANAMUHAMMADAR RASULILLAH. ALHAMDULILLAH BI NI'IMATIL ISLAM. I'm told all the time that...