| 5,689,965 |
11.747 |
11.9608 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen shoot and kill a Islamic cleric. The gunmen are suspected to either be the same group or from the same organization as the shooters in Potiskum. |
| 5,689,969 |
11.7091 |
11.0694 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding others. Boko Haram is suspected as the cleric had recently been critical of the group. |
| 5,689,973 |
9.2 |
12.48333 |
Nigeria |
|
Following the killing of four Igbo traders by unknown gunmen, Igbo people in Yola refuse to open their shops in protest. |
| 5,689,978 |
9.2 |
12.48333 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead six traders from the mainly Christian Igbo ethnic group in northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram are active in the area, though it is unclear who is behind these attacks. |
| 5,689,982 |
8.5 |
4.55 |
Nigeria |
|
An Italian expatriate is kidnapped by unknown persons. |
| 5,689,985 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigerian troops arrested a "high-profile" member of the Islamist group Boko Haram during a raid in the northern city of Kano. He was arrested without any resistance. |
| 5,689,989 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Armed bandits suspected to be members of radical Islamic sect Boko Haram killed 10 people as they attacked a bakery on the outskirts of Maiduguri town in Nigeria today, witnesses said. Residents say the attackers came in the wee hours of the morning and killed mostly Christian workers of the bakery, then took an unknown amount of money as they left. |
| 5,689,993 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Two civilians are killed by suspected Boko Haram at Abaganaram market. |
| 5,689,997 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
A German, Raupach Edgar, and four others were killed in Kano, during a shootout between military men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and the dreaded sect, Boko Haram. |
| 5,690,001 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Friday in a bid to disperse student protesters demonstrating over a name change at their university, authorities and witnesses said. Students respond by throwing stones at police and physically engaging them. On Wednesday students protesting the name change blocked a bridge elsewhere in the city. |
