| 5,690,050 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Forces shot dead 16 militants in a fire fight with Islamist sect Boko Haram. A Reuters reporter heard gunfire and explosions echoing through the remote city of Maiduguri. |
| 5,690,054 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen suspected to belong to Boko Haram opened fire and killed a retired deputy inspector-general of Nigeria's federal police, as well as two other officers in the city. |
| 5,690,059 |
5.52112 |
7.05557 |
Nigeria |
|
Unidentified kidnappers abduct a journalist near his home. |
| 5,690,062 |
6.14639 |
6.8729 |
Nigeria |
|
Property worth millions of naira were yesterday destroyed when youths from Ikenga Ogidi in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State took to the streets to protest alleged murder of 26-year-old man in the area whose name was given as Arinze Ajaekwu. |
| 5,690,066 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A suicide car-bomber, widely believed to be involved in Boko Haram, hit the main gate of the Borno State Police Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, killing a Police inspector, a traffic warden and four other civilians, injuring 24 tricycles drivers and passengers commuting on the Airport Road when the blast occurred at 11.26am. Eight killed, 24 injured. Some reports have the death count seven, while others, eight. Earlier in the day another suicide bomber detonated himself near a school elsewhere in the city. |
| 5,690,070 |
11.7091 |
11.0694 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen shot dead a police constable outside his home late in the day. |
| 5,690,073 |
6.45306 |
3.39583 |
Nigeria |
|
Families and friends of DANA Air crash victims protested delay in having bodies of their loved ones released for burial in front of a local mortuary. |
| 5,690,078 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A suicide bomber blew up his car just outside the police headquarters in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing eight people and wounded 19 others. It is not clear of the victims were police or civilians. |
| 5,690,082 |
6.73273 |
5.38989 |
Nigeria |
|
Medical students of Igbinedion University are reportedly abducted. |
| 5,690,086 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Unidentified Gunmen shoot dead a police official who was visiting from out of town. |
