Political assailants kill three people in Maiduguri

Jan. 4 | Gunmen killed three people at a movie theatre in a northern Nigerian city in an attack police believe is politically-motivated ahead of general elections due in April. The attack took place in Maiduguri where radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has been...

Another Boko-Haram style targeted violence leaves authorities ‘helpless’

Oct. 12 | Suspected members of a radical Islamic sect set a police station ablaze in northern Nigeria, wounding three officers in an attack similar to one that sparked rioting and a government crackdown that left 700 dead last year, officials said Tuesday. The...

ANPP leader killed by suspected Boko Haram sect member

Oct. 7 | Members of a radical Muslim sect shot and killed a political leader in northern Nigeria, the latest attack by a group that engineered a massive prison break last month, a police commissioner said Thursday. Police commissioner Ibrahim Abdu told The Associated...

800 ‘Boko Haram sect’ inmates escaped prison

Sep. 8 | About 800 inmates escaped a federal prison holding Muslim extremists in northern Nigeria during a sunset attack by gunmen who are believed to be members of a radical sect, a police official said Wednesday. The attackers went cell by cell at the prison...

Christian-Muslim clashes in Taraba leave 8 dead

Jul. 14 | Clashes between Christians and Muslims in eastern Nigeria have killed eight people and seriously wounded 40, with six mosques and one church also burnt, police said on Wednesday. “From reports at our disposal, eight people have been killed and...