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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Elmau at the G-7 summit, Germany,  reaffirmed his administration’s total commitment to ending Boko Haram’s insurgency in the shortest time possible. This is containded in a news release issued by the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu.  The release said Buhari made the pledge at a meeting with President Francois Hollande of France after his participation in Monday’s G-7 Outreach Programme. According to the release, Buhari said that Nigeria will welcome greater support and cooperation from France and other friendly nations for its ongoing efforts to overcome Boko Haram and restore normalcy to areas affected by the group’s atrocities. The President said at the G-7 that his administration was already taking concrete action to build a more efficient and effective coalition of Nigeria and neighbouring countries against Boko Haram. Nigeria, he said, would appreciate more intelligence on th...

David Cameron was today forced to deny threatening to sack sack ministers who want for to campaign for Britain to leave the EU, claiming his remarks had been 'misinterpreted'. The Prime Minister used a press conference in Germany to insist his demand for loyalty only extends to his renegotiation of Britain's EU membership, and not his planned referendum.  In chaotic scenes, a junior minister appeared on the radio defending the 'back me or I'll sack you' threat just as Downing Street was preparing to shift its position. One furious senior Tory MP told MailOnline: 'They must make up their f***ing minds.' Mr Cameron has pledged to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU before staging an in-out referendum by 2017, and possibly as early as next May. Senior ministers who want to leave the EU hope to remain in the government while campaigning for Brexit. Mr Cameron last night briefed reporters at the G7 summit in Bavaria, and appeared...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived in Munich, Germany, at about 15.25 hours to begin a two-day official visit, in the course of which he will participate in the G-7 Outreach Programme for invited heads of government and global institutions. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President was received on arrival by the Vice Minister-President of Bavaria, Mrs. Inge Aigner. Buhari was accompanied on the trip by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State; former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN); a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.); and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Paul Lolo. According to the statement, other invited Heads of State and international institutions who will join Buhari at the working session with G-7 leaders on Monday at Elmau include President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of...