| 5,686,711 |
11.747 |
11.9608 |
Nigeria |
|
Members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect appeared to have resorted to guerrilla warfare as they waylaid and shot dead three policemen in Damaturu and Maiduguri. |
| 5,686,714 |
5.51667 |
5.75 |
Nigeria |
|
Shell has shut down an oil facility in southern Nigeria due to protests by a group of local women who claimed they were protesting against government's neglect of their community. Some women occupied and seized the flow station. |
| 5,686,719 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Electricity workers in Nigeria lauched an indefinite strike over wages in protest against government failure to pay the 150 percent salary increase and arrears. |
| 5,686,722 |
5.51667 |
5.75 |
Nigeria |
|
Shell has shut down an oil facility in southern Nigeria due to protests by a group of local women who claimed they were protesting against government's neglect of their community. Some women occupied and seized the flow station. |
| 5,686,727 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Tafawa Balewa, the head of a prominent support group for President Goodluck Jonathan, was abducted by unknown gunmen and taken to a forest in Katampe area on the outskirts of Abuja. |
| 5,686,731 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Police engaged in a gunfight with abductors of the prominent PDP supporter, Tafawa Balewa, to secure his release. A number of suspects were wounded in the exchange of fire. |
| 5,686,736 |
6.33505 |
5.62749 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen have kidnapped an Action Congress politician in southern Nigeria months ahead of elections. Abel Oshevire, a member of the Delta State parliament and a former editor with influential newspaper The Guardian, was abducted by three gunmen from Benin City. |
| 5,686,741 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen have shot and critically wounded two aides to a governor in northern Nigeria. A security aide and a political assistant to Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda were shot by gunmen at separate locations |
| 5,686,746 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen have shot and critically wounded two aides to a governor in northern Nigeria. A security aide and a political assistant to Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda were shot by gunmen at separate locations. One aide was killed. |
| 5,686,749 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
A protest by youths from across the 36 states demanding the "unconditional release" of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha yesterday grinded Kano to a standstill, with hundreds of protesters calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to wade into the case of Al-Mustapha and end his continued detention. |
