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             Nigeria Restores Mobile Phone Service in Militant Area

   Nigeria has restored mobile phone service to three northeastern states
   where it was shut down to combat the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.
   A defense department spokesman, Chris Olukolade, tells VOA that mobile
   phone service was restored to Borno state Friday after the return of
   service in Yobe and Adamawa.
   Olukolade said, "We believe it`s stable enough," and that "people can
   go back to normal lives."
   President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency and sent
   additional troops to the three states in mid-May after a surge in
   attacks and activity by Boko Haram.
   Mobile phone service was shut down at the same time in an effort to
   prevent militants from coordinating attacks.
   The ban has made it difficult to confirm Nigerian military reports that
   troops have cleared out Boko Haram bases and killed or arrested dozens
   of militants.
   The situation in the northeast remains fragile, as militants have
   attacked at least three schools in the last month.
   Boko Haram`s name in the Hausa language means "Western education is
   sinful." The group is fighting to impose a strict form of Islamic law
   in Nigeria`s majority-Muslim north.
   The militants are blamed for thousands of deaths in bombing and
   shooting attacks since 2009. Rights groups say the military has killed
   hundreds more, many of them civilians, in efforts to crush the group.
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