| 5,686,577 |
7.85 |
9.78333 |
Nigeria |
|
Clashes between Christians and Muslims in eastern Nigeria have killed eight people and seriously wounded 40, with six mosques and one church also burnt. The conflict centred around the construction of a mosque on the premises of a local police headquarters. |
| 5,686,583 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
One person died, six were injured, and police detained dozens after a rally organised by the Bauchi State chapter of the Arewa Youth Development Foundation (AYDF) became violoent. The AYDF opposes plans for incumbent Goodluck Jonathon to run for president in the coming year. |
| 5,686,587 |
5.15931 |
5.92516 |
Nigeria |
|
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) shot at unarmed youths, protesting over two years blackout in the town, as a result of the vandalism on Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) cables across the Bomadi River. Several youths were injured including children; some of the victims jumped into the river to avoid the shooting and may have drowned. |
| 5,686,592 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Raiders armed with machetes killed the family of a Nigerian Christian priest and set fire to his church in central Plateau state. |
| 5,686,596 |
13.04803 |
5.21429 |
Nigeria |
|
Rival Muslims clashed in northern Nigeria leaving three people wounded and leading to a heavy police deployment to prevent further violence, when Sunni militants attacked a Shia demonstration in the town. |
| 5,686,600 |
13.04803 |
5.21429 |
Nigeria |
|
A demonstration was held by Shiites calling for the release of 120 fellow Shia detained after the killing of a cleric. |
| 5,686,604 |
5.06985 |
5.87175 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen attacked the home of former Bayelsa state deputy governor, Peremobowei Ebebi, in Nigeria's southern oil region with explosives, injuring a security guard. |
| 5,686,609 |
6.33505 |
5.62749 |
Nigeria |
|
Thugs loyal to the AC attacked journalists monitoring the progress of the state House of Assembly re-run election into 13 units of ward 7 in Oghede, Ovia North East constituency II of the state. The rampaging thugs numbering over 30 and led by the state chairman of the Committee on the Protection on Pipeline Protection and Vandalism, Osakpamwan Eriyo, had stormed the Primary School and venue of the rerun election considered as PDP stronghold. |
| 5,686,613 |
4.92472 |
6.26417 |
Nigeria |
|
Over 200 women of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State took to the streets of the capital city, to protest the proposed siting of the Nigerian Law School in their community. They demanded that instead of converting the Bayelsa College of Arts and science, BYCAS premises to the Nigerian Law School campus, the sprawling complex should be upgraded to a College of Education or Polytechnic. |
| 5,686,617 |
5.48986 |
6.00743 |
Nigeria |
|
The people of Isoko and Ndokwa in Delta State staged a peaceful protest against the management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, over the epileptic power supply to their area and called on PHCN management to install a circuit breaker to serve the new line to the area. |
