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Nigeria's campaigning president says 'turning tide' against Islamists

Abuja; Nigeria: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday the army was turning the tide against Boko Haram Islamists and he trumpeted his government's achievements in what sounded like a bid for re-election just months before a presidential poll.

The Feb. 14 vote looks set to be Nigeria's least one-sided since the end of military rule in 1999.

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