| 5,687,490 |
7.7411 |
8.5121 |
Nigeria |
|
The Benue State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the People Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting kidnap attempt on its gubernatorial candidate. Date and location not known. It is not clear if these claims were substantiated. |
| 5,687,495 |
6.7918 |
7.985 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen of an opposition party (likely AC, but unknown) in Benue State fire on the convoy of Senate President, Chief David Mark (PDP) while on a campaign tour of Igumale in Benue State. Minor injuries reported. |
| 5,687,500 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen on Friday shot dead a Muslim cleric in northern Nigeria. Four gunmen knocked on the door of the cleric's home in the city of Maiduguri and shot him in the stomach and thigh. |
| 5,687,505 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Two men were killed in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday when explosives they were carrying on a motorbike went off, preventing what local residents said was an attempted attack on a Christian community. Christian youths angered by what they took to be an attempted attack by members of the Muslim Hausa-Fulani ethnic group set fire to the corpses of the two men. |
| 5,687,510 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Police fired gunshots and tear gas on Monday to disperse a tense crowd that gathered near the site of a leading opposition candidate's election rally in the volatile Nigerian city of Jos. Crowds of people, mainly youths, had gathered in the road leading to the campaign venue when police fired gunshots in the air to disperse them. Four youths were later reported killed. |
| 5,687,514 |
5.18148 |
7.9342 |
Nigeria |
|
Mayhem that engulfed Akwa Ibom State on 22 March as a result of bloody clash between supporters of the People's Democratic Party [PDP] and the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] continued, yesterday, as two persons were reported killed in Ikot Ekpene and several others injured when party supporters clashed with soldiers. |
| 5,687,519 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Four gunmen suspected to be members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire on a group of party politicians in eastern Nigeria. The attackers shot Modu Gana Makanike, an All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) youth leader, in the chest and head shortly after a political meeting Sunday of party's chieftains in the city of Maiduguri. |
| 5,687,524 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Islamist sect members on Tuesday opened fire outside of a political rally in northern Nigeria, sparking panic and a stampede that killed at least four people. Three suspected members of Boko Haram fired several shots from their AK-47 rifles from outside the venue, which caused panic and a stampede among party supporters attending the rally. This resulted in the deaths of four people. The attackers slipped away before they could be arrested. |
| 5,687,529 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A Muslim cleric critical of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria late Wednesday escaped a bomb attack by suspected Islamists that destroyed his drug store. Two motorcycle-riding suspected members of Boko Haram in the northern city of Maiduguri threw a home-made bomb into the store of Muhammad Mustapha, a druggist and preacher, but he was alerted by neighbours before it could detonate. |
| 5,687,533 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Islamists have attacked a police station in northern Nigeria with explosives ahead of Saturday's parliamentary vote, injuring two police officers. |
