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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Must Read Like us on Facebook Currently, Islam and Christianity are equally split as Nigeria's two main religions, with most Muslims living in the north of the country and most Christians in the south. This divide has been the source of significant...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Acts of Boko Haram Since April Polls Omololu Ogunmade 26 December 2011 April 8, 2011 T win bomb blasts in Niger and Kaduna States on the eve of botched April 9 National Assembly election claimed the lives of eight corps members and a suicide bomber...
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Newsbusters
| over 1 year ago
Condemning the deadly attacks on Nigerian Christians on Christmas Day, Islamic organizations around the world called the atrocities un-Islamic, yet opinion polls tracking views on terrorism suggest that significant numbers of Muslims disagree...The...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria's top Muslim spiritual leader sought to calm tensions on Tuesday after meeting the country's president over deadly Christmas attacks claimed by Islamists that risk inflaming sectarian divisions. "I want to assure all Nigerians that there is...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Islamist Sect Boko Haram Is Growing Threat 26 December 2011 The Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which claimed a wave of Christmas bombings that left at least 35 people dead, has carried out scores of attacks that have grown increasingly...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Muslim Leaders Disown Boko Haram - Sultan - Attack On Churches Unislamic 27 December 2011 Top Muslim leaders and Islamic scholars across the country yesterday rose in condemnation of the Christmas Day bombings in parts of the North, saying such...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Why Boko Haram Targets Suleja 27 December 2011 As security remains tight in Suleja, Niger State following the Christmas Day bomb blast, facts are emerging as to why the Boko Haram sect always chooses Suleja as its target even when the state capital,...
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Israel National News
| over 1 year ago
The extremist Muslim group Boko Haram said it was behind the attacks.
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Al-Qaeda/ Boko Haram Links in Kano Since 2009 Uduma Kalu 24 December 2011 So, they eventually did it? Close observers of Boko Haram activities would say on hearing that the dreaded Islamic sect attacked Kano. This is because as far as back July 28,...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Analysts 26 December 2011 Christmas bombings in Nigeria blamed on radical Islamists - the worst of which killed worshippers as they left mass - marks a dangerous escalation in violence and risks worsening the country's sectarian divisions, analysts...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
11 Nigeria's government will change its tactics in a bid to bring the cycle of violence under control, the country's interior minister has told Al Jazeera. Abba Moro, Nigeria's interior minister, says the government intends to change its tactics in...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria (AP) In the chaos after the Christmas terror attack on a Catholic church, one mortally wounded man cradled his wounded stomach and begged a priest for religious atonement. "Father, pray for me...Theresa Catholic Church and dozens were wounded...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Pope Benedict has condemned the Christmas day attacks at churches in Nigeria, calling them an absurd gesture. Militants of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram have claimed responsibility for the bombs. For the second consecutive year, the extremist...
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NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
The Obama administration promised to help Nigeria find the people responsible for a wave of Christmas Day bombings that killed dozens in the oil-rich African nation. We have been in contact with Nigerian officials about what appear to be terrorist...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria on Monday probed a wave of Christmas Day bomb attacks that killed at least 40 and was blamed on Islamists, including one blast that ripped through a crowd of worshippers exiting mass. The government blamed Islamist sect Boko Haram for three...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| over 1 year ago
The New York Times A series of Christmas Day church bombings rocked Nigeria on Sunday in what appeared to be a coordinated assault by a radical Islamist sect with suspected training links to Al Qaeda, raising the sect's violent antigovernment...
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Scoop
| over 1 year ago
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban expressed "his sympathy and condolences to the people of Nigeria and to the bereaved families who have lost loved ones." The bombings occurred in Madala, on the outskirts of Abuja, the Nigerian...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
01 The Christmas Day bomb attacks in Nigeria that killed up to 40 people and wounded many more, have been strongly condemned by Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, and the international community. The Nigerian Islamist group, Boko Haram, has...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Terror attacks by the radical Muslim sect Boko Haram across Nigeria on Christmas Day have left 39 people dead and dozens wounded...Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near the nation's capital of Abuja killed 35 people and wounded another 52,...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria was left to count its dead on Christmas day as a series of bomb blasts ripped through church gatherings around the country in attacks claimed by a militant Islamic sect. Boko Haram an extremist group from Nigeria's majority Muslim northeast...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles A purported spokesman for Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing of a church outside Nigeria 's capital Abuja and other attacks. Nigeria's national security advisors have also blamed the group for the bombings. 'I don't know where...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
A series of apparently co-ordinated bombings struck three churches during Christmas services across Nigeria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen people and solidifying a recent escalation in violence by a radical Muslim sect. At least five bombings...
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Epoch Times
| over 1 year ago
December 25, 2011 Men look at the wreckage of a car following a bomb blast at St Theresa Catholic Church outside the Nigerian capital Abuja on December 25, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images) Several Christmas Day bomb attacks at Nigerian churches have left at...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
There has been widespread condemnation in the international community of a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks in Nigeria that killed almost 40 people. The White House said the attacks were "senseless violence" and the UK foreign secretary called...
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News 24
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria's national security adviser said in a statement on Sunday that Christmas Day bomb attacks targeting churches and a secret police office were carried out by Islamist group Boko Haram. "The latest mindless and cowardly attacks by Boko Haram...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a suicide blast killed at least 35 people in Nigeria yesterday amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists. A purported spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria (AP) — Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia law across the country, claimed responsibility for the three church bombs, the second Christmas in a row the group has caused mass carnage with deadly bombings of churches. Security...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
A radical Muslim group claimed responsibility for the Christmas bombings of two Christian churches in Nigeria that killed at least 28 people. The death toll from the blasts ripped through Christmas services at a Roman Catholic church in Madala and...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Text Size A look at recent major attacks in Nigeria attributed to the radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram: Dec. The sect claims responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church in Madalla near Nigeria's capital that kills at least 25...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
At least 100 people are reported dead and dozens wounded in an explosion outside government buildings in Mogadishu...The Pakistani government believes Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud may be behind the assassination of former opposition leader Benazir...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people on the outskirts of the capital. Boko Haram, which wants to impose Sharia across the country split...
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Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
A radical Muslim sect, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility. At least three of the five explosions appeared to target churches during Christmas services, according to media reports...Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a town about 25 miles north...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
At least 28 people were killed today in two powerful blasts that targeted churches in Nigeria during the Christmas services, amid a series of attacks by a radical Islamic sect in the country's north that claimed nearly 70 lives. In the first blast,...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
The first explosion struck near a Catholic church in Madala, west of the capital, the National Emergency Management Agency said. A second explosion struck the Mountain of Fire Ministries church in the city of Jos, northeast of the capital, said...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Nigeria (AP) — An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A radical Muslim sect waging an increasingly sophisticated sectarian fight claimed the...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Another blast was later reported near a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos. It was not immediately clear if that blast targeted the church or caused any casualties. The explosion in Abuja happened during Christmas Mass in the St. Theresa...
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below "There are dead people," National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib said. An AFP correspondent saw a dead body being loaded into an ambulance. The blast went off at the St Theresa Church in Madalla outside the...
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The Independent
| over 1 year ago
A few butterflies to pin to the board before entering the parallel universe known as the family Chri... America's Michael Kim makes his predictions for week 16 of the NFL. Suggested Topics A bomb exploded in a Catholic church on the outskirts of the...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
At least 72 people died in two days of fighting between Nigeria n security forces and a militant Islamic group in the northeastern city of Damaturu, military and police officials said. There was a major encounter with the Boko Haram in Damaturu,...
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The Observer
| over 1 year ago
Gun battles have broke, out between Nigerian security forces and suspected Islamist militants. Photograph: Reuters Gun battles between Nigerian security forces and an Islamist sect have killed at least 68 people in two days of fighting in northern...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
A sustained gun battle broke out between Nigerian security forces and suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group late on Friday, killing at least 19 people, initial reports suggested. But Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Azubuike...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
A military spokesman said Boko Haram began clashing with security forces Thursday in the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri, where witnesses have reported hearing gunshots and explosions. A purported Boko Haram spokesman says the group launched attacks...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
The death toll following violence over the past two days in northern Nigeria has risen sharply from seven to 46, medical sources said on Saturday. The attacks which saw northern cities rocked by explosions and gunfire were claimed by the Islamist...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Boko Haram battles 'kill at least 50' Damaturu was the scene of an attack by Islamists last month More than 50 people have died in days of fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist gunmen in the country's north-east, officials say.
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Star Tribune
| over 1 year ago
At least 61 people have been killed during several days of fighting in northeast Nigeria between security forces and a radical Muslim sect responsible for a series of increasingly bloody attacks in Africa's most populous nation, authorities said...
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Times of Oman
| over 1 year ago
Authorities have rushed to prevent one of Nigeria's worst recent oil spills from reaching the West African nation's shoreline, with production from a major Shell field also shut due to the leak. Shell, which said the leak has been stopped, has...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
December 23, 2011 Clashes between a violent Islamist sect and security forces in the northeastern city of Damaturu have killed at least 24 people, the police said Friday. A sustained gun battle broke out between security forces and Islamist militants...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
Others said to have been killed included a Commander of the Police Mobile Force along with four of his men and two civilians.
