| 5,692,723 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Security forces shoot and kill two gunmen (not identified) and arrest five others in Kano State after they repelled an attack by "terrorists" on a checkpoint near Danladi Nasidi quarters along Maiduguir Road. |
| 5,692,727 |
10.28969 |
11.16729 |
Nigeria |
|
Three are dead, including one civilian, when military forces raid a "terrorist" hideout in Gombe. Name of the organization was not known. |
| 5,692,731 |
9.8 |
8.28333 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen attack an over-the-road bus in rural Kogi State, kill two soldiers, injure five others. It is not clear if the soldiers were the gunmen's specific target. |
| 5,692,735 |
10.52224 |
7.43828 |
Nigeria |
|
Unidentified gunmen, likely Boko Haram, attacks two police officers, kill one, as well as a civilian girl who was nearby. |
| 5,692,739 |
7.5456 |
6.2538 |
Nigeria |
|
Two soldiers are killed and five others wounded in Okene city when the group was targeted with an IED explosion. The soldiers were part of a contingent due to be deployed to Mali. Ansaru claimed responsibility for the attack in the following days. |
| 5,692,743 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect launched an attack at a mechanical workshop in Bulunkutu area of Maiduguri where they killed a resident who took his car in for repairs. Specific motivation unknown. |
| 5,692,748 |
5.9251 |
8.0863 |
Nigeria |
|
A group of 50 armed men of Amagu, Ebonyi entered Adadama, killed ten farmers, beheading two. The group also kidnapped Mr James Ekoro, the secretary of the Adadama Traditional Rulers, destroyed the local police station and stole office furniture. The motivation for the attack is unknown, but may be related to a clash in the town earlier in the week. |
| 5,692,752 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen, believed to be Boko Haram, attacked the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, killing his driver and three personal guards. Security forces later arrested suspects. |
| 5,692,756 |
6.33505 |
5.62749 |
Nigeria |
|
Thousands of Igbo traders at Mission Road protested to the state Government House calling for the removal of Maj.Lawrence Loye, over what they described as unwarranted recent closure of their shops in the area. |
| 5,692,759 |
5.48333 |
7.03041 |
Nigeria |
|
2,000 youths took to the streets of Owerri, the Imo State capital yesterday to protest the rising wave of violence in the area. The group blamed the police for not "doing enough". |
