| 5,687,538 |
7.344 |
8.9998 |
Nigeria |
|
The political associate of a PDP lawmaker is shot and killed in Adekaa. |
| 5,687,543 |
11.70659 |
14.23768 |
Nigeria |
|
A group of attackers stormed three predominately Christian farming villages in the Bogoro area, killing at least two people and setting several houses on fire. |
| 5,687,547 |
13.04803 |
5.21429 |
Nigeria |
|
The alleged desecration of the Koran set off rioting in a northern Nigerian city, with crowds burning tyres and threatening to kill the man believed responsible. Hundreds poured into the streets of the ancient city of Sokoto, the heartland of Islam in Nigeria, on Sunday following the arrest of a Muslim man believed to be suffering from a mental illness. |
| 5,687,552 |
4.92472 |
6.26417 |
Nigeria |
|
Attackers threw dynamite into a guesthouse in the southern Nigerian oil city of Yenagoa owned by Labour Party opposition candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections, but nobody was seriously injured. |
| 5,687,557 |
8.48333 |
8.51667 |
Nigeria |
|
Prior to national assembly elections, unknown assailants attacked Daily Trust correspondent Joseph Hir outside his home in Lafia, Nasarawa State. He previously had written an article criticizing politicians. The extent of the victim's injuries are not known. |
| 5,687,561 |
7.38778 |
3.89639 |
Nigeria |
|
Two persons were feared dead in Ibadan yesterday while 22 others sustained injuries as pandemonium broke out at the Araromi/Gate motor dealers market when some suspected hoodlums believed to be supporters of the ruling PDP clashed with AP supporters. |
| 5,687,565 |
10.52224 |
7.43828 |
Nigeria |
|
An explosive went off as two men sought to move it to another location in a northern Nigerian city, killing one of them and wounding the other in an incident ahead of elections. |
| 5,687,570 |
10.21667 |
12.05 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen attacked a police station on Friday where electoral officials were collecting poll materials in northeastern Nigeria, killing four people on the eve of parliamentary elections. |
| 5,687,575 |
10.21667 |
12.05 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen shot dead four people in northeastern Nigeria, including a ruling party official, as they prepared to distribute election materials on Friday. The attack happened at a police station in Shani in Borno state and the victims included the local government secretary of the ruling People's Democratic Party. |
| 5,687,579 |
7.91667 |
4.28333 |
Nigeria |
|
Police confirmed the death of two persons in Ndokwa West Local Government Area during reported clashes between supporters of two rival parties in the area. |
