A Nigerian military spokesman says explosions and gunfire inside a University theatre used for Christian services in Kano, in northern Nigeria, has resulted in several casualties. The official said there are casualties but he did not immediately have a count of the injured or dead. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but the […]
Authorities Say Explosions and Gunfire Leaves Casualties On Nigerian University Campus
Nigerian President Visits Bombing Site in Abuja
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to join forces against terrorism as he visited the Abuja offices of the newspaper This Day that were destroyed in a bomb attack this week. During his visit Saturday, Mr. Jonathan said the country is pouring every possible resource to fight the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, […]
7 Dead in Nigeria Explosions
Officials say the bombing of a newspaper office in Nigeria’s capital has killed three people, while another blast near the same publication’s office in the northern city of Kaduna has killed four others. Officials say the first explosion Thursday went off at the Abuja office of This Day, one of Nigeria’s most prominent national papers. […]
7 Dead in Nigerian Explosions
Officials say the bombing of a newspaper office in Nigeria’s capital has killed three people, while another blast near the same publication’s office in the northern city of Kaduna has killed four others. Officials say the first explosion Thursday went off at the Abuja office of This Day, one of Nigeria’s most prominent national papers. […]
6 Dead in Nigerian Explosions
Officials say the bombing of a newspaper office in Nigeria’s capital has killed three people, while another blast near the same publication’s office in the northern city of Kaduna has killed at least three others. Officials say the first explosion Thursday went off at the Abuja office of This Day, one of Nigeria’s most prominent […]
6 Dead in Nigerian Explosions
Officials in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, say a bombing at a newspaper office has killed three people, while another blast hit a market near the same publication’s office in the northern city of Kaduna. Officials say the first explosion Thursday went off at the Abuja office of This Day, one of Nigeria’s most prominent papers. A […]
Explosion Rocks Newspaper Headquarters in Nigerian Capital
Witnesses say a bomb has exploded at a newspaper headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The explosion Thursday went off at the headquarters of This Day, one of the country’s most prominent papers. A resident of the neighborhood told VOA the explosion shook his house at around 11 o’clock in the morning local time. He […]
Nigeria Cites Progress in Battling Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Information Minister tells VOA his country’s security forces have made enormous progress in combating the threat posed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, especially in the federal capital, Abuja. Labaran Maku’s comment follows a U.S. emergency warning issued Wednesday to its citizens in Nigeria of possible attacks by Boko Haram on hotels used […]
US Warns of Potential Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria
The United States has warned its citizens in Nigeria that the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram may be planning attacks in the capital, Abuja. The U.S. embassy issued an emergency message saying attacks could target hotels used by Westerners, but that the timing was unknown. The alert said the Nigerian government was aware of the […]
Islamist Sect Threatens to Bring Down Nigerian Government
The purported leader of Nigeria’s violent Islamist sect Boko Haram says he will bring down the government of President Goodluck Jonathan within three months. The 14-minute video posted on social video network YouTube features a man identified as the group’s leader Abubakar Shekau, ridiculing President Jonathan’s promise two weeks ago that the security situation in […]