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United Press International
| 11 months ago
State Department announced Thursday is designated key leaders of Nigerian militant group Boko Haram as terrorists. The State Department said that it believed Boko Haram, or associated groups, were responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000 people...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
An Islamist insurgency that has increasingly targeted churches has sparked fears of wider unrest in Nigeria after anger boiled over at the weekend, resulting in deadly riots by Christian mobs. Christian leaders and others in Africa's most populous...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Three leaders of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist group have been designated as terrorists by the US state department. Abubakar Shekau leads the militant group, while Abubakar Adam Kambar and Khalid el Barnawi are thought to have ties with a branch of...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Nobody on the bus had witnessed the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970 first hand. But as information on the Kaduna bombing reached us, almost everyone came to the conclusion that only Nigeria's break-up could end this Boko Haram onslaught...Since the...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
Nigeria A radical Islamist sect claimed responsibility Thursday for attacks that left at least 40 people dead in a northeast Nigerian city this week, as the government struggles to corral rising sectarian violence. An email statement attributed to...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Jonathan, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, from Rio de Janeiro, dispelled criticism that his trip amounted to abdicating his responsibility to Nigerians. He also cautioned the opposition against cashing in...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
What was a surprising response from one of the administration's trenchant critics was to turn into a blanket condemnation of the present administration's ways and manners. "His leaving the country does not make any difference because even when he was...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The U.S. government is expected to formally apply a "foreign terrorist" label Thursday to three alleged leading figures of the fanatic Nigeria n Muslim group Boko Haram, officials said Wednesday evening. Share This Story The action by the State and...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
Nigeria A curfew in a religious flashpoint state in Nigeria's north has failed to stop days of ongoing violence and almost 100 deaths, an official said Wednesday, as residents of another besieged city said a curfew imposed there has left them trapped...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Eyder Peralta Reprisals after three church bombings on Sunday have continued in Nigeria, and The Associated Press reports the death toll has reached 98. The AP adds: "A rescue services official said more than 98 people have died since Sunday after a...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Frustration over Nigeria's handling of a security crisis is mounting after three days of violence killed at least 80 people in the country's north. Three days of deadly violence in northern Nigeria have intensified criticism of the government's...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
People stand by the wreckage from a car bomb explosion at a church in the northern Nigeria n city of Bauchi (Reuters) Radical Islamist terrorist sect Boko Haram has launched its offensive against Nigeria n security forces in a city in the north of...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
Soldiers and police patrolled the empty streets of two Nigerian cities on Wednesday after three days of violence left at least 101 people dead, with some residents still unable to return home. The violence between Sunday and Tuesday in Kaduna and...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Military, insurgent's battle leave 40 dead in nort Abuja: Over 40 persons including six security personnel were on Thursday killed in a gun battle between soldiers and insurgents in Damaturu town, the capital of Nigeria's northern state of Yobe,...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday called Nigeria leaders to put an end to the ''terrorist attacks'' directed at the African country's Christian community that have killed dozens of people this week. "I appeal to leaders for an immediate end to the...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Pope Benedict XVI called on Nigerians to embrace national reconciliation following attacks on Christian churches in the country last weekend. Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was suspected of carrying out the bombings of three churches in the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The Islamist militants Boko Haram have unleashed a new wave of attacks amid mounting criticisism of President Goodluck Jonathan trip to Brazil for a UN conference. Police say at least 34 civilians and six security officers were killed in sectarian...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Murtala Muhammed, Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the historical site of Oloibiri oil well will soon be declared as National Heritage Sites...NAN recalls that Muhammed, a former Head of state was buried in Kano, former Prime...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Pope Benedict XVI has used his weekly address to an audience at the Vatican to call for an end to "terrorist attacks" against Christians in Nigeria. Suicide bombings of three churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, claimed by militant Islamist group Boko...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Reuters Military escort residents out of Kaduna as Muslims and Christians clash after suspected bombings of three churches. Photograph: Victor Ulasi/AFP/Getty Images At least 80 people have been killed since Monday in clashes in two northern Nigerian...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Iwuanyanwu, who presided over the presentation of a book entitled Tit-Bits of Advocacy, dedicated to Justice Musdapher by the Imo Law Publishers, in his speech, said: "Boko Haram problem cannot be solved by killing or shooting people. It can only be...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
It invited the president to brief a closed-session of the lower House on the matter. Also, the representatives queried Jonathan's decision to proceed on a trip to Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro,...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 19, 2012 Fresh sectarian violence has flared in two northern Nigerian cities, after church bombings and rioting killed at least 50 people on Sunday. Police said Tuesday that at least three security officers were killed after gunfire...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
46 Bombings of churches on Sunday triggered riots that have cost the lives of more than 70 people in the state [Reuters] Officials in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state have imposed a ban on movements following fresh rioting in two cities after a...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Nigeria (AP) — A radical Islamist sect has killed at least five security officials after the group unleashed multiple attacks in Nigeria's besieged northeast, police said Tuesday.
Police blamed the Boko Haram sect for the attacks on...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the north-eastern Nigerian city of Damaturu after violence between Islamist militants and the army escalated overnight. Gunfire erupted over the city on Monday and continued into Tuesday, keeping residents afraid...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Nigerian authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northeastern city of Damaturu on Tuesday, after clashes between suspected Islamist sect members and the military raged overnight. Local residents said sporadic gunfire, which began around 1700 GMT...
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Newyork Times
| 11 months ago
Toll Rises After Bombings Published: June 19, 2012 Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings set off reprisal killings in northern Nigeria , officials said.
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 18, 2012 Officials in northern Nigeria now say about 50 people were killed Sunday in the bombing of three Christian churches and subsequent rioting in Kaduna state. The suicide bombings in the cities of Zaria and Kaduna killed at...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
Nigeria Police say men armed with bombs and guns have launched attacks in a city in northeast Nigeria where a radical Islamist sect had killed scores of people last year. It was not immediately clear what parts of Damaturu were attacked beginning...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Nigeria's dreaded Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Monday claimed responsibility for three deadly attacks on churches, that led to reprisal killings, leaving at least 75 people dead and 120 others wounded.
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Newsbusters
| 11 months ago
So here's how it appears to me and I suspect many other news readers, never mind the real motivations. At the Associated Press, when you're covering situations like suicide bomber attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria yesterday, you hold out as...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Radical Islamist group Boko Haram has said it was behind Sunday's suicide bombings of three churches in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. The blasts were in revenge for what it said were previous Christian "atrocities" against Muslims, the group...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
At least 21 people were killed and 100 wounded during a series of church bombings in central Nigeria on Sunday. Radical Islamic rebel group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack, its third consecutive Sunday attack on church services in as...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Bodies littered the ground and piled up in mortuaries in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Monday, after dozens were killed in religious rioting sparked by suicide bomb attacks on churches. There was still no official word on casualties from...
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CNN Blog
| 11 months ago
A militant Islamist group claimed responsibility Monday for bombings the day before that the Nigerian Red Cross said left 50 people at three Christian churches in Nigeria. Boko Haram said the attacks Sunday in the Nigerian cities of Zaria and Kaduna...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
The unusual cool morning of Kaduna city soon erupted in chaos and violence. In no time, the city with a history of ethno-religious violence had turned wild and dangerous again...The rage was spontaneous, an involuntary reaction to the coordinated...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
The coordinated attacks, executed by suicide bombers, marred the celebration of Father's Day in the state as many people, including Christians, had to scamper to safety to avoid being trapped in the orgy of violence. Although no official casualty...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Dozens of people were killed in the blasts and interreligious riots that followed. Analysts say this latest spat of violence undermines President Goodluck Jonathan's promise to eradicate the Boko Haram islamist group by June. A church was targeted in...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Suicide bombers targeted four churches in a series of attacks that also prompted reprisal attacks by Christian youth against local Muslims. In all, two churches were attacked in Kaduna city while another two were bombed in a nearby Zaria city. Wusasa.
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, wounding dozens and triggering retaliatory attacks by Christian youths who dragged Muslims from cars and killed them, witnesses said. There was no...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-06-18 11:02 AM Some 20 more people were killed in rioting targeting Muslims in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna after 36 Christians have been killed in...
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Inquirer.net
| 11 months ago
Nigeria Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said. People gather outside a church following a blast in Kaduna, Nigeria,...
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Newsbusters
| 11 months ago
It would appear that the establishment press is determined to portray a "both sides are at fault" equivalency as much as possible in Nigeria where almost none exists. Earlier today, Patrick Poole at the PJ Tatler pointed out that a brief initial...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Olu Ajayi/AP Three suicide bomb attacks on churches has rocked the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 80, officials said, prompting protests in a province that has previously been strained by religious...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Eyewitnesses at another scene of attack said a bomber drove into KC church in Zaria, killing several people including children and students of a nearby polytechnic. Police spokesman for the state Aminu Lawan said a third church within the city has...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 17, 2012 Explosions have rocked three churches in northern Nigeria, where the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for similar attacks. Authorities say all three blasts happened on Sunday in Kaduna state, which...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Explosions at three churches in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state killed at least seven people on Sunday, leading furious Christian youths to drag Muslims out of their cars and kill them in retaliation, officials and witnesses said. There was no...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
EPA Explosions have hit two churches in the city of Zaria in northern Nigeria 's Kaduna state, police have said. The explosions on Sunday come a week after attacks on two other churches in which a gunman killed at least one person and a 41 people...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Such wanton killings have continued to attract the attention of well-meaning Nigerians and the international community...For the past one year they have been indulging in a cordinated war, killing policemen and people they believed helped the...
