| 5,686,927 |
12.8992 |
10.8078 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram ambushed a military patrol in the flashpoint northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. One soldier was wounded in the shoot-out that took place Sunday night in the Jajere area of Maiduguri. |
| 5,686,932 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram Islamist sect have shot dead two off-duty policemen in Bulunkutu area of Maiduguri while waiting to board a bus home after work. The two policemen were killed by four gunmen who fired at them from inside a car before speeding off. |
| 5,686,936 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Petroleum workers under the aegis of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday began a seven-day warning strike in protest at alleged maltreatment and killing of their members by the military. |
| 5,686,942 |
5.3223 |
5.74165 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigeria's military said it had raided three camps run by suspected rebels in the southern Delta State in an attack that a militant group said had left more than 100 people dead. |
| 5,686,946 |
5.10658 |
7.36667 |
Nigeria |
|
An Egyptian contractor working for an energy services firm in Nigeria's Niger Delta was killed by gunmen on Wednesday. The gunmen attacked a convoy carrying several expatriates on the main road from Aba, the main commercial city in Abia state |
| 5,686,952 |
5.3223 |
5.74165 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigeria's military said it had raided three camps run by suspected rebels in the southern Delta State. Military later reported 6 civilians had been killed during the assault. |
| 5,686,957 |
5.3223 |
5.74165 |
Nigeria |
|
The Nigerian military continued its pursuit of suspected rebels in the Southern Delta, targeting MEND and NDLF forces. |
| 5,686,962 |
5.3223 |
5.74165 |
Nigeria |
|
The Nigerian military continued its pursuit of suspected rebels in the Southern Delta, targeting MEND and NDLF forces. |
| 5,686,967 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Attackers shot and stabbed to death seven people in a village in central Nigeria, in an apparent reprisal for the killing of a Muslim herder the previous month. The attack on the Christian village of Nwachukwu, close to the city of Jos, took place in the early hours of the morning. Among the seven victims there were two men, while the remaining five were women and children. |
| 5,686,971 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected members of an Islamist sect behind an armed uprising last year in northern Nigeria engaged in a shootout with soldiers. |
