| 5,686,845 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Islamist sect members have killed an off-duty policeman on the outskirts of Maiduguri. Motorcycle-riding gunmen killed the officer on Tuesday night as he was walking home. |
| 5,686,849 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram Islamist sect have shot dead a local chief in northern Nigeria. Tukur Ahmad, a neighbourhood chief in northern city of Bauchi was killed by two unidentified gunmen outside his house Friday night shortly after attending Muslim prayers in a nearby mosque. |
| 5,686,853 |
10.93678 |
11.68481 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria firebombed a police station over the weekend, leading to a gun fight in which at least one person was killed. |
| 5,686,859 |
6.28932 |
8.91035 |
Nigeria |
|
The fighting over land erupted on Sunday and got to a peak on Monday. Armed policemen and soldiers were drafted to the scene to restore peace. Security agents have managed to restore calm to the feuding Nsadop and Boje communities. |
| 5,686,863 |
6.28932 |
8.91035 |
Nigeria |
|
The fighting over land erupted on Sunday and got to a peak on Monday. Armed policemen and soldiers were drafted to the scene to restore peace. Security agents have managed to restore calm to the feuding Nsadop and Boje communities. |
| 5,686,866 |
6.28932 |
8.91035 |
Nigeria |
|
Fighting between rival communal militias in Boki District was brought under control after the deployment of military forces to the area to restore calm. |
| 5,686,870 |
4.92472 |
6.26417 |
Nigeria |
|
Pirates operating along the Bayelsa Waterways on 25 October attacked a passenger boat killing four persons and injuring several others. |
| 5,686,875 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Attackers armed with machetes killed six people in a village in central Nigeria. Herdsmen thought to be from the mostly Muslim Hausa-Fulani ethnic group raided the small Christian village of Rawhinku. Some 10km east of Jos. |
| 5,686,879 |
6.18333 |
6.75 |
Nigeria |
|
A blast rocked a government lodge located near a state headquarters in southern Nigeria's restive oil producing Niger Delta. No casualties were reported in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| 5,686,884 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A suspected member of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, tried to shoot a local traditional leader at his house in Maiduguri. The local chief in the city of Maiduguri managed to wrestle the assailant, who was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, and overpower him before he was able to open fire. |
