Troops Free Nigerian Hostages
Nigerian Police have freed more than 180 women and children from a house in the north of the country where they had been held by a radical Islamist sect. They said they had been held for six days and lived on dates and water. They were rescued in Maiduguri, where heavy fighting continues between troops [...]
Nigerian Troops Storm Islamist Leader’s Home
A massive assault on the home of a radical Islamist leader in the northern city of Maiduguri have began by nigerian troops after three days of violence. Followers of Mohammed Yusuf barricaded themselves in and around the house after heavy fighting with security forces sent to contain rioting. At least 140 people are believed to [...]
Hillary Clinton To Visit Liberia, Nigeria and South Africa Next Week
The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Africa next week on a trip aimed at highlighting the Obama administration’s commitment to making Africa a priority in U.S. foreign policy. The State Department says Clinton will begin her seven-nation trip August 5, when she attends the U.S.-Sub Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum [...]
Attacks In Nigeria Spread To Northern States
Militants in Nigeria have staged three co-ordinated attacks in northern Nigeria leaving dozens dead, about 100 bodies, mostly of militants, were found near the police headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State, where hundreds are fleeing their homes. Witnesses said a gun battle raged for hours in Potiskum, Yobe State and a police station was set on [...]
Gun Battle In Nigeria Leaves 32 Dead
32 people have been killed in a gun battle between security forces and a radical Islamist group in north-east Nigeria, reports say. Dozens of people attacked a police station in Bauchi city but were repelled, Reuters news agency said. The agency quoted a police spokesman as saying the militants belonged to Boko Haram, a group [...]
Nigeria Probes Random Civilian Shooting
Testimony has been given to a judicial probe of sectarian violence last year in central Nigeria, urging authorities to prosecute soldiers and security police for allegedly killing 133 men and boys, almost all of them Muslims. The victims, from the city of Jos in Plateau State, were randomly gunned down under emergency shoot-on-sight orders from [...]
Authorities In Nigeria Welcome Rebel Truce
Nigeria’s government has welcomed a 60-day ceasefire declared by the main militant group in the country’s oil-rich Niger Delta region.The military said troops would remain in the region, but would not attack militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend). Mend, however, said a partial pullout of troops was a condition [...]
Rebels In Nigeria, Halt Offensive
Nigeria’s most prominent militant group on Wednesday declared a 60-day ceasefire in its offensive against Africa’s biggest oil industry to provide a chance for peace talks with the government.The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), responsible for attacks that have cut around 300,000 barrels per day of Nigeria’s oil output since May, [...]
Nigeria releases rebel leader Henry Okah
One of Nigeria’s main rebel leaders, Henry Okah, has been freed from jail as part of a government amnesty. Mr Okah had been held for more than a year on charges of treason. He was said to be one of the heads of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), but on [...]
Rebels In Nigeria Claim Lagos Attack
Nigeria’s most prominent militant group says it carried out an “unprecedented attack” on an oil tanker facility close to the main commercial city of Lagos. “The depot and loading tankers moored at the facility are currently on fire,” said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend). Some officials have confirmed there was [...]
