| 5,686,975 |
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. Three local residents were killed and six others wounded when caught in the crossfire. |
| 5,686,979 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A police checkpoint in the city of Maiduguri, the centre of last year's uprising, came under fire from attackers and officers shot back. The police had superior power which forced the attackers believed to be members of Boko Haram to flee and no casualty was recorded. |
| 5,686,983 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Riot police were deployed to quell a protest in Lagos following the alleged police killing of a man. |
| 5,686,987 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, launched an attack on a military patrol, burning a military vehicle. Scores of gunmen stormed the neighbourhood where the patrol team was stationed and opened fire on soldiers. The soldiers fired back, resulting in a shootout that lasted for about two hours. One attacker was shot and captured. |
| 5,686,991 |
4.77742 |
7.0134 |
Nigeria |
|
A former Nigerian militant leader handed eight camps in the Niger Delta to the military over the weekend, part of efforts to prevent new gangs emerging in the oil region after last year's amnesty. |
| 5,687,589 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
An explosion hit a polling booth in a neighbourhood of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri during a parliamentary election on Saturday. One person was killed. |
| 5,686,995 |
5.10658 |
7.36667 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigeria's special joint military force has killed an alleged kidnapper blamed for a series of abductions of workers and other crimes in southern Abia State. Obioma Nwankwo, otherwise known as Osisikankwu, was killed during a shootout between his gang and the JTF. |
| 5,686,999 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Islamist sect members of Boko Haram attacked a church during Christmas Eve services in northern Nigeria on Friday, but were repelled by the military after a gun battle and no worshippers were killed. |
| 5,687,003 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Islamist sect members of Boko Haram attacked a third church during Christmas Eve services in northern Nigeria, killing one private security officer. |
| 5,687,007 |
9.92944 |
8.87056 |
Nigeria |
|
An explosion killed at least 8 people and wounded red dozens more in a village near the central Nigerian city of Jos. Boko Haram later claimed responsibility. |
