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John Campbell reacts to Christmas bombing, fears attack on American interests

Dec. 27 | By John Campbell While I had said I would not post again until January 3, I felt this weekend’s attacks in Nigeria warranted a response. ‘Boko Haram’, a highly de-centralized Islamic radical movement, has allegedly claimed responsibility for attacks...

Nigerian Christians warn of religious war

Dec. 27 | Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Reuters - Northern Nigerian Christians said on Tuesday they feared that a spate of Chrtistmas Day bombings by Islamast militants that killed over two dozen people could lead...

Christmas bombing: Nigerians call for security chief resignation

Dec. 26 | By NAL Staff writer Nigeria is a unique country, relatively. It’s one of few nations where failure and incompetent are rewarded. In the wake of the 2011 Christmas bombing that killed more that 25 innocent people in the outskirt of Abuja and thrown the...

Another Boko Haram bombing killed Nigerians on Christmas day

Dec. 25 | Two explosions near churches during Christmas Day services in Nigeria, including one outside the country's capital, killed at least 28 people amid spiralling violence blamed on an Islamist group. Photo credit: Getty Image Reuters - A bomb...

AFP shows video of U.N.’s Abuja office bomber

Sep. 18 | AFP - Videos have emerged purporting to show members of a Nigerian Islamist sect preparing for suicide attacks, including a young man said to be responsible for last month’s bombing of the UN headquarters. Duration: 00:45.

‘Bomb explosion’ rocks UN office in Abuja

Aug. 26 | There has been report of fatal bomb explosion at the United Nations office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Abuja based news daily, Leadership reports that the explosion occurred at around 10am local time. Although, detail of who could be responsible for...

Boko Haram killed 10 in latest attack

Jul. 4 | AP - At least 10 people were killed in weekend violence in Nigeria’s restive northeast, said an official on Sunday who attributed some of the strikes to a radical Muslim sect known for similar attacks. Maj. Gen. Jack Nwachukwu Nwaogbo said...

Nigeria police kill Boko Haram sect financier

Feb. 27 | Police said Sunday they had shot dead a man financing a radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria and arrested another man suspected of supplying the group with arms. The man financing the Bokom Haram sect, Alhaji Salisu Damaturu, was killed when a...

Nigeria Senate passes anti-terrorism act

Feb. 18 | Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday approved the country’s first anti-terrorism act, giving law enforcers greater powers to detain and prosecute suspects and judges more guidance on handing down punishments. President Goodluck Jonathan pledged...

ANPP gubernatorial candidate gun down after Friday prayers in Maiduguri

Jan. 28 | Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and killed the dominant gubernatorial candidate in a northeast Nigeria state and six others Friday, throwing a region already under attack by a radical Muslim sect into a panic. Families hid inside their homes and shops...