Police in northeastern Nigeria say suspected members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram shot dead a 6-year-old girl and wounded two infants Sunday, after a suicide car bombing earlier in the day killed at least 36 people. A Yobe state police spokesman told VOA the gunmen stormed the house of a police corporal in […]
Shooting, Bombing Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria
Posted April 9th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
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Car Bomb Kills 36 in Northern Nigeria
Posted April 9th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say a suicide car bombing near a church on Easter Sunday killed at least 36 people and wounded dozens more in the country’s north. Witnesses said security personnel in the city of Kaduna prevented the attacker from reaching a collection of churches. Saidu Adamu, Kaduna state’s information commissioner, told VOA the explosion damaged […]
Bomb Kills 20 in Nigeria
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say a car bombing near a church on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people in the country’s north. A witness said the bomb went off in a business area near the church in the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Later Sunday, a blast in the […]
Bomb Kills 20 in Nigeria
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say a car bombing near a church on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people in the country’s north. A witness said the bomb went off in a business area near the church in the north Nigerian town of Kaduna. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The explosion follows warnings by foreign […]
Nigeria Bombing Kills Several People
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian officials say a bomb blast in the northern city of Kaduna Sunday has killed several people. A witness says the blast went off in a business area near a church as many people prepared to make their way to Easter services. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The explosion […]
Nigerian Authorities Seize Cache of Explosive Devices in Raids
Posted April 6th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian authorities say they seized dozens of explosive devices and rocket launchers during raids on two homes in the restive northern Gombe area. Police official Bitrus Asha says 60 improvised explosive devices and bomb-making materials were confiscated at a house in Gombe Thursday, and five people arrested. A sixth person was arrested at the second […]
Nigerian Militants Abandon Talks With Government
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
A purported spokesman for the Nigerian militant group, Boko Haram, says it has broken off talks with the Nigerian government. A man calling himself Abul Qaqa Tuesday told local reporters in the city of Maiduguri that the militants had engaged in indirect talks with the government, but that those talks had failed. The spokesman said […]
Nigeria, Boko Haram in Indirect Talks for a Ceasefire
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
Nigeria is said to have opened ceasefire talks with with the shadowy Islamic sect Boko Haram, blamed for hundreds of deaths in bombings and shootings over the past 18 months. Political and diplomatic sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, say intermediaries are bringing messages between the government and militant leaders. Reports from Nigeria say Boko […]
3 Killed in Blast Outside Catholic Church in Nigeria
Posted March 11th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
A suspected suicide bomber struck a Catholic church in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, killing at least three people. The explosion took place Sunday outside St. Finbar’s Church in the restive city, which has been shaken by violence between Christians and Muslims. Emergency officials say a car laden with explosives detonated as it approached the […]
Blast Strikes Catholic Church in Nigeria
Posted March 11th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
A suspected suicide bomber struck a Catholic church in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, killing at least one person. The explosion took place Sunday outside St. Finbar’s Church in the restive city, which has been shaken by violence between Christians and Muslims. Emergency officials say a car laden with explosives detonated as it approached the […]
