| 5,686,753 |
11.5221 |
13.68558 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have killed a retired police officer in a hit-and-run shooting. Motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on the victims in three separate incidents on Sunday, including in Bama outside Maiduguri, where the retired officer was killed. |
| 5,686,757 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have wounded five people in hit-and-run shootings. Motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on the victims in three separate incidents on Sunday in the northern city of Maiduguri. |
| 5,686,762 |
6.44258 |
7.5022 |
Nigeria |
|
Heavily armed policemen numbering over 200 yesterday disrupted a peaceful demonstration embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with dogs. |
| 5,686,768 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
Boko Haram attacked a prison in northern Nigeria in an attempt to free their comrades; over 700 inmates freed. No reports of casualty numbers. |
| 5,686,773 |
6.33505 |
5.62749 |
Nigeria |
|
Eighty seven year old Mrs Grace Obaretin Osakue, a former women leader of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in the old Bendel State, was Tuesday killed by unknown gunmen in Benin City. |
| 5,686,777 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Hundreds of Roman Catholics and pro-democracy activists staged a march to push for free and fair elections in Nigeria where polls have regularly been plagued by fraud |
| 5,686,781 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Students of University of Jos (UNIJOS) at the weekend stormed the streets of Jos town to protest the controversial 10,000 developmental levy imposed by the school authorities. |
| 5,686,786 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Unknown attackers brandishing machetes stormed the home of a senior intelligence official and hacked him and four members of his family to death in an apparent targeted killing. Two other children managed to escape the attack, though one was wounded. |
| 5,686,792 |
10.52224 |
7.43828 |
Nigeria |
|
A spokesman for the nation's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Tuesday that one of its senior officers was killed in nearby Kaduna, but offered no other details. |
| 5,686,796 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Islamists killed two people in northern Nigeria. From eyewitness accounts, the modus operandi of the attackers was similar to that applied in previous attacks. The fact that the assailants came on a motorbike, opened fire on their victims and sped away gives rise to some suspicion that the attackers were Boko Haram members. |
