Nigeria

Nigeria soldiers arrest Boko Haram commander

Nigeria military task force (JTF) on Friday arrested a high-profile Boko Haram operational commander, along with his wife and five children, during a raid at his residence on Farawa Babban Layi ... Kano, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Bayero University ... The arrest of the Islamist sect's operational commander Suleiman Mohammed, and discovery of arms cache, is welcome news for Nigeria, which has been battling Boko Haram for three years. ... topic-nigeria, topic-boko-haram ... Nigeria soldiers arrest Boko Haram commander
05/11/2012 11:00 am

Amid battles, Boko Haram offers dialogue with Nigerian president

.” RELATED: What is Nigeria's Boko Haram: 5 things to know It was impossible to verify if the caller was in fact a member of Boko Haram, and indeed for which faction of Boko Haram the caller may belong ... Kano, Nigeria ... Namadi Sambo, Yobe State, Christian Association of Nigeria, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna State, Agence France-Presse ... topic-boko-haram, topic-goodluck-jonathan, topic-Nigeria
05/07/2012 10:08 am

Africa Monitor Killing the messenger: Islamist insurgency widens in Nigeria

• A version of this post appeared on the blog "Africa Works." The views expressed are the author's own. Now the terror bombings in Nigeria are targeting the messenger ... Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Niger Delta ... topic-nigeria ... Killing the messenger: Islamist insurgency widens in Nigeria
04/30/2012 10:42 am

Church service attacked in Nigeria after Boko Haram threats

An early morning attack on a Christian church service in northern Nigeria left at least seven people dead according to an official, but eyewitnesses say the toll was much higher. The attack follows ... Kano, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Bayero University, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Abuja ... An attack on a Christian church service at a university in northern Nigeria Sunday left at least seven people dead. The Islamist group warned it would attack schools and other institutions. ... topic-nigeria ... Church service attacked in Nigeria after Boko Haram threats
04/29/2012 03:10 pm

Separate bomb blasts rock Nigeria's newspapers, at least six killed

Separate bomb blasts went off today at the offices of Nigeria's major national newspapers in two cities, killing at least six and injuring at least 25 others, in what appears to be coordinated ... Kano, Nigeria ... Nigeria Union of Journalists, Nigeria, Abuja, Boko Haram, United Nations, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Kaduna, Goodluck Jonathan ... topic-nigeria ... Separate bomb blasts rock Nigeria's newspapers, at least six killed
04/26/2012 04:08 pm

Nigerian forces raid suspected Boko Haram bomb factory

on the government and the north's minority Christians. Boko Haram's stated goal is to overturn secular rule in northern Nigeria, where Islam is the majority faith, and to ensure that Christians no longer reside ... Kano, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Borno State, Al Qaeda, United Nations, Abuja, Osama bin Laden ... topic-nigeria
04/24/2012 02:20 pm

Boko Haram: Fed up residents apprehend Islamists in northern Nigeria

Two fighters from the Islamist group Boko Haram were killed in a shootout Monday that reveals mounting frustration among residents of northern Nigeria with the group's campaign of violence ... Kano, Nigeria ... Boko Haram, Nigeria ... Residents of Kano arrest two Boko Haram fighters in a sign of frustration with the group's campaign of terror in northern Nigeria. ... topic-nigeria ... Boko Haram: Fed up residents apprehend Islamists in northern Nigeria
04/02/2012 05:24 pm

Boko Haram: Nigeria's Army kills nine suspects after attack

its armed rebellion began in 2009. Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is a sin,” claims to be fighting to overthrow the secular government of Nigeria, seeking instead a nationwide ... Kano, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Agence France-Presse, International Crisis Group, Al Jazeera, Niger Delta, Bukavu, Nigerian Armed Forces ... Nigerian Army kills nine suspected members of the banned Islamist militant group Boko Haram, blamed for the deaths of 1,000 in a three-year long rebellion in northern Nigeria. ... topic-nigeria ... Boko Haram: Nigeria's Army kills nine suspects after attack
03/21/2012 04:26 pm

Keep Calm Nigerian government ready for talks with Islamist group Boko Haram

education is a sin,” has been on a three year long campaign of terror across northern Nigeria, attempting to abolish Nigeria’s secular government and to impose Islamic sharia law in its place. More than 1 ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Abuja, Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, Al-Shabaab, Somalia, Niger Delta, Gombe State, Maiduguri, Human Rights Watch ... topic-boko-haram, topic-nigeria
03/08/2012 11:20 am

In Nigeria, Somalia, and Afghanistan: what is a foreign fighter?

As yet another suicide blast strikes yet another church in northern Nigeria, immigration officials have announced that they are cracking down on the flow of foreigners into northern Nigeria who may ... Borno State, Lake Chad, Nigeria, Boko Haram, Chad, Niger, Agence France-Presse, Somalia, Sahel, Al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda in the Maghreb, J. Peter Pham, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, Mali ... In countries where colonial borders don't reflect ethnic or family ties, it's not as easy to decide who is a foreigner. Yet Nigeria has deported 11,000 foreigners in the past six months on suspicion ... topic-nigeria ... In Nigeria, Somalia, and Afghanistan: what is a foreign fighter?
02/27/2012 03:22 pm

Nigeria's new police chief vows crackdown on corruption

Nigeria’s police are an exceedingly rotten lot, according to their own boss, Nigeria’s Acting Inspector-General of Police Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar. In a meeting with senior police officials, Mr ... Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Abuja, Boko Haram, Niger Delta, Lagos, Corinne Dufka, West Africa, London (England) ... Nigeria's acting inspector general Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar admits that Nigerian police have committed extrajudicial killings and run criminal rackets. That will change, he says. ... topic-nigeria ... Nigeria's new police chief vows crackdown on corruption
02/14/2012 12:39 pm

With oil pipeline attack, Niger Delta rebels announce return

With the destruction of a major oil pipeline in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, Nigeria now has two major internal threats to deal with. One is an Islamist militia group calling itself Boko ... Nigeria, Niger Delta, Boko Haram, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Goodluck Jonathan, Bayelsa State, European Union, Africa, United States, Somalia, Iraq, Agence France-Presse, Abuja ... After a year long truce, Niger Delta rebel group MEND launched an attack on an oil pipeline. MEND's attacks come as Nigeria's military is struggling with the Islamist Boko Haram movement ... topic-nigeria
02/06/2012 09:56 am

Can you hear me now? Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman.

Nigerian police believe they may have arrested the man who acted as spokesman for the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has launched a killing spree across northern Nigeria, killing nearly 1 ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Kaduna, Reuters Group plc, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in the Maghreb, Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, Niger, U.S. Armed Forces, Africa, Frankfurt, Germany, The Taliban, Abuja, United States ... topic-nigeria ... Can you hear me now? Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman.
02/02/2012 01:03 pm

Terrorism & Security Nigeria tense after Islamists kill at least 178

Nigeria’s second-largest city was on alert Sunday as the death toll continued to climb from a series of coordinated bombings and shootings in Kano Friday night. A spokesman for a militant Islamist ... Nigeria, Boko Haram, Reuters Group plc, United Nations, Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, The Associated Press, Goodluck Jonathan, Cable News Network, The Wall Street Journal, Telegraph Group Ltd. ... A spokesman for the Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks in the northern Nigeria city of Kano. ... topic-nigeria ... Nigeria tense after Islamists kill at least 178
01/22/2012 09:06 am

Occupy Nigeria victory: president to cut fuel prices

of Lagos the following Tuesday. RELATED: What is Nigeria's Boko Haram? "I cannot face tomorrow what I faced today," he says, explaining that his workers had to have an armed police escort ... Lagos, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Lagos, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, Columbia University, Jeffrey Sachs, Africa ... Fuel protests bring Nigeria to a standstill ... topic-nigeria ... Occupy Nigeria victory: president to cut fuel prices
01/16/2012 10:21 am

Nigeria closes its borders amid unrest from Islamists, strikers

Nigeria has closed its borders, as the United Nations shares a report warning that Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, may have established links with the north African affiliate of Al ... Nigeria, United Nations, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, Abuja, Ban Ki-moon, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Kaduna, Goodluck Jonathan, Benin, Nobel Prize, Wole Soyinka, British Broadcasting Corporation ... Nigeria's president met with security chiefs to discuss Islamist group Boko Haram, while Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka warned his country may be heading toward civil war. ... topic-nigeria ... Nigeria closes its borders amid unrest from Islamists, strikers
01/11/2012 10:02 am

Famed author Chinua Achebe on the Occupy Nigeria strikes

In an interview, Nigeria's premier novelist Chinua Achebe says that corruption is the root of the current fuel-strikes crisis, and that the only way to set Nigeria on a democratic path ... Nigeria, Chinua Achebe, Brown University, England, Biafra, United States, Mahatma Gandhi, India, North Africa, Tunisia, Tahrir Square ... In an interview with The Christian Science Monitor, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe supports fuel-subsidy protests and says that Nigeria's unrest can be eased by better, less-corrupt leaders. ... topic-nigeria ... Famed author Chinua Achebe on the Occupy Nigeria strikes
01/11/2012 09:19 am

Africa Monitor Why Nigerians are in an 'occupy' mood (+video)

the “Occupy Nigeria” campaign has mounted against the removal of a fuel subsidy. From an outside perspective, it might seem like a dust-devil has been whipped up without reason in the desert. In case there ... topic-nigeria
01/09/2012 03:35 pm

'Occupy Nigeria' emerges ahead of mass strike

's most populous nation. Meeting in an emergency session, Nigeria's House of Representatives shouted down supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan as they voted for a resolution calling on him ... LAGOS, Nigeria ... Nigeria, Africa, U.S. House of Representatives, Goodluck Jonathan, Action Congress Party, OPEC, United States, Wall Street, New York, The Associated Press, Abuja, African National Congress ... Talking of '1 percent cabals,' opponents of Nigeria's government are angry about its removal of a fuel subsidy and its weak response to ongoing attacks by a radical Islamist sect. ... topic-nigeria ... 'Occupy Nigeria' emerges ahead of mass strike
01/08/2012 04:08 pm

Christmas church bombings put global spotlight on 'Nigerian Taliban' (VIDEO)

Islamic banking stirs up controversy in religiously-divided Nigeria

Nigeria Islamist group Boko Haram blamed for escalating violence

Boko Haram attacks show new range, sophistication

Electricity shortages drive Nigerians to the streets

Is Nigeria's Boko Haram a Wahhabi group?