| 5,698,994 |
10.41167 |
8.70013 |
Nigeria |
|
Soldiers bound a group of six Fulani migrants, shoot them in the back of the head for unknown reason. |
| 5,715,911 |
8.18872 |
-11.34172 |
Sierra Leone |
|
|
| 5,698,905 |
11.15604 |
12.75758 |
Nigeria |
|
Boko Haram gunmen in large numbers attacked a quiet agrarian village, Dalwa-Masuba in Damboa local area of the state, killing 40 people, injuring several others and torching the entire community. The gunmen had also burnt down three pickup vans carrying woods to Damboa. Dalwa-Masuba is a farming community 40km away from Damboa town and about 80km south-west of Maiduguri. |
| 5,698,908 |
6.01669 |
7.02654 |
Nigeria |
|
Residents of Umudege and Ezihu villages of Igboukwu, Aguata Council Area of Anambra State violently protest the alleged attempted kidnapping of a local elder and the killing of a youth by a vigilante group about two weeks ago. No injuries reported from the protest. |
| 5,698,911 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
A group of vendors protest the killing in error of a fellow street trader by police. It is believed by the traders the police officer's bullet was meant for a commercial motorcyclist, whom the security officials believed was a suicide bomber. This, apparently, was a separate protest from the one launched by the motorcyclists. |
| 5,698,915 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Members of the Keke-Napep (commercial Tricycle) riders took to the streets in violent protest following what they described as a "deliberate killing" of one of their members, as well as a local trader by police. It is believed the police mistakenly believed the motorcyclist was a suicide bomber. The rioters burnt tires and barricaded roads. Police forces shot their weapons into the air to disperse the crowds. No injuries reported. |
| 5,698,919 |
12.4416 |
12.4912 |
Nigeria |
|
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attack Ngubdala in Bama LGA, killing 16. The date of the attack was left unreported. |
| 5,698,923 |
12.00012 |
8.51672 |
Nigeria |
|
A suicide car bomber killed five people on a street of popular bars and restaurants known as Sabon Gari in Kano during the evening hours, in an area mostly inhabited by southern Christians, police said. Some witness calim up to 25 were killed in the blast. There was no immediate claim or responsibility, though Boko Haram are suspected by authorities. |
| 5,698,927 |
7.69475 |
7.02218 |
Nigeria |
|
Fulani gunmen attack Dekina local government area, killing a couple and their daughter while making their escape from a recent and nearby attack in Ikpoba. The motive for the attack is not known. |
| 5,698,931 |
4.74159 |
7.08488 |
Nigeria |
|
MEND attacks the an office of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Okrika, killing seven. MEND later formally claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement describing their motives: "We will persist with our attacks on the Nigerian oil industry due to the inaction of President Goodluck Jonathan, who continues to rely on an unsustainable and fraudulent Niger Delta Amnesty programme, which is only a guise to line the pockets of Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Patience, Jonathan's cronies and members of the Amnesty Committee whose sudden wealth remains unchallenged by the Nigerian media." |
