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MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian security forces killed 20 militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in a firefight in the northeast on Sunday, a spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in the northeastern state of Borno, said the militants were killed when they tried to attack the Monguno [...]
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Nigeria army offers $1.8 million reward for Boko Haram leaders
Posted by admin on November 24th, 2012
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army has offered 290 million naira ($ 1.8 million) for information leading to the capture of 19 leading members of Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose insurgency has killed hundreds this year. Boko Haram wants to impose strict sharia – or Islamic law – in the country of 160 million, split [...]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram claims deadly Plateau attacks
Posted by admin on July 10th, 2012
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said on Tuesday it was behind attacks in volatile Plateau state this weekend that killed at least 65 people, but security forces blamed the violence on localized ethnic clashes. “We praise God in this war for prophet Mohammed, we (Boko Haram) thank Allah for the successful [...]
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No Comments »Factbox: Nigerian churches targeted in Boko Haram strikes
Posted by admin on June 17th, 2012
(Reuters) – Explosions at three churches in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state killed at least seven people on Sunday. Here is a look at attacks against Christian targets in Nigeria. * OVERVIEW: – The Islamist group Boko Haram, which says it is fighting to reinstate an Islamic caliphate in mostly Muslim northern Nigeria, has stepped up [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Boko, churches, Factbox, Haram, Nigerian, strikes, Targeted No Comments »Boko Haram kills four in Nigeria church attack: police
Posted by admin on April 30th, 2012
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram killed four people in an attack on a Sunday church service in the northeast town of Maiduguri, police said on Monday, adding to the death toll from a separate shooting in the country’s second largest city Kano. Gunmen killed at least 15 people and wounded many [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Attack, Boko, Church, four, Haram, Kills, Nigeria, Police No Comments »Boko Haram talks in doubt as mediator quits
Posted by admin on March 18th, 2012
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Muslim cleric brokering peace talks between Nigeria’s government and Islamist militant group Boko Haram said on Sunday he was quitting the negotiations because he doubted the government’s sincerity after information was leaked. The departure of Datti Ahmed, a former close ally of Boko Haram’s founder, could be a major blow for [...]
Exclusive: Nigeria starts mediated talks with Boko Haram
Posted by admin on March 15th, 2012
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government has in the last week held its first indirect peace talks with Islamist sect Boko Haram, meeting mediators to discuss a possible ceasefire, political and diplomatic sources told Reuters on Thursday. Two people close to Boko Haram have been carrying messages back and forth between the sect’s self-proclaimed leader Abubakar [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Boko, exclusive, Haram, mediated, Nigeria, Starts, talks No Comments »Nigerian police say four Boko Haram members killed
Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2012
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian police said on Monday they shot dead four members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram in the northeast city of Maiduguri and recovered explosive materials stored in a car, two days after the sect carried out its most deadly attacks. Bomb attacks and fierce gun battles between the sect and [...]
