| 5,697,569 |
9.79399 |
8.86397 |
Nigeria |
|
Riot broke out in Gero village of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State after the bodies of nine youths from Dadin Kowa community were discovered in a forest. Demonstrators smashed vehicles and set fire to some vehicles until the arrival of reinforcement from the Special Task Force and the police. |
| 5,697,573 |
4.7832 |
6.31324 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen invade the hometown of President Jonathan and abduct the 70-year-old foster father (or uncle, depending on source) of the President. It is not clear if the kidnapping was motivated by politics. |
| 5,697,578 |
7.38778 |
3.89639 |
Nigeria |
|
A man kills his daughter for converting to Christianity. Details limited. |
| 5,697,581 |
7.11667 |
3.36667 |
Nigeria |
|
The medical students of Olabisi Onabanjo University embarked on a protest against what they called excessive tuition fees at the House of Assembly located at Oke-Mosan. |
| 5,697,585 |
11.26889 |
11.99944 |
Nigeria |
|
Numbering 50, suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people (some reports 59 deaths) and burnt down 24 staff quarters including the administrative block of a theological college when they opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory. Witnesses report that some of the victim's throats were slit, while others were burned alive in the fire. Only male students were killed. |
| 5,697,589 |
10.61592 |
13.38491 |
Nigeria |
|
Following an attack on Michika by Boko Haram, military forces kill six of the attackers. |
| 5,697,593 |
10.61592 |
13.38491 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 32 people in three separate attacks in Michika LGA, which included the areas of Shuwa, Michika town and Kirchinga. |
| 5,697,598 |
4.77742 |
7.0134 |
Nigeria |
|
Unknown gunmen kidnapped a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Chinyere Igwe, and two other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Eagle Island area of Port Harcourt. |
| 5,697,602 |
9.08333 |
7.53333 |
Nigeria |
|
Policemen in Abuja dispersed with tear gas, some youths protesting the recent killing of school children in Yobe State. The nature of the killings are not clear. |
| 5,697,606 |
6.63333 |
2.73333 |
Nigeria |
|
Pandemonium broke out in the Ilashe community along the Idiroko border in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when some Customs officials shot one dead and injured many others along the Idiroko border. Vanguard gathered that the violence erupted when some youths from three communities of Koko, Alaari and Ilashe resisted men of Customs in the state from evacuating over 900 bags of rice already stockpiled in a warehouse at Koko village. |
