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21 Jan 2012 14:20

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World: Nigerian Islamic sect claims responsibility for coordinated attacks

  • 143 people killed in Nigerian sectarian violence Friday source
  • » Increasingly sophisticated attacks: The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram, whose name stands for “Western education is sacrilege” in the local Hausa language, has been responsible for at least 510 deaths last year and 219 killings this year alone. The latest attack, in the city of Kano, showed increasing sophistication as it targeted major governmental building in the city. While both Muslims and Christians were killed or injured in the attack, Boko Haram intends to target Christians living in the Muslim-leaning northern region of the country.
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25 Dec 2011 11:12

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World: Nigerian churches bombed by terror group during Christmas services

  • 25+ killed in Christmas Day bombings in Nigeria source
  • » Christmas masses targeted: Nigerian terror sect Boko Haram (a strict Muslim group) has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which hit five targets, three of which appeared to be Christian churches holding Christmas services. “I just ran out. Now I don’t even know where my children or my wife are,” said Timothy Onyekwere, who was at one of the churches. “I don’t know how many were killed but there were many dead.”
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05 Nov 2011 15:21

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World: Nigeria: Terror group runs roughshod over Nigerian government

  • 67+ killed after bombings in northern Nigeria source
  • » A terror group takes responsibility: A terror group known locally as Boko Haram seems to be taking advantage of the weakness of the country’s central government in Northeastern Nigeria, planning attacks to escalate sectarian violence and going after government buildings and police stations in the process. “There’s that fear that something might possibly happen again,” said Nigerian Red Cross official Ibrahim Bulama. The group has threatened to continue its attacks “until until security forces stop their excesses on our members and vulnerable civilians.”
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18 Apr 2011 16:56

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World: Nigerian Presidential election goes to Goodluck Jonathan

  • Goodluck Jonathan wins in Nigeria: So says Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, but his political opposition has claimed intimidation, ballot stuffing, and the like. Project 2011 Swift Count, a Nigerian election observer, sought to rebut that claim — while they acknowledged that violence, intimidation and illegal voting took place in isolated incidents, they say their reports from a random group of 1,468 polling stations suggest this didn’t change the eventual outcome. Nonetheless, many Nigerians have been hurt in an outbreak of election day riots, a grim and depressing reality to be sure. source
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17 Apr 2011 20:58

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World: Goodluck Jonathan scores huge lead in Nigerian presidential vote

  • 31.1 million votes counted so far in Nigeria, but millions to go
  • 19.4
    million     number of votes current president Goodluck Jonathan has, a seemingly-insurmountable lead
  • 8.4
    million     number of votes his closest opponent, ex-military leader Muhammadu Buhari, has source
  • » A difficult lead to top: While eight of the 36 states in oil-rich Nigeria still uncounted — a vote count large enough for Buhari to catch up — he would need a lot of votes. That said, some religious conflict will likely come to play in the eight uncounted states, which are largely Muslim. Jonathan, who became president after the death of the last president, is Christian.
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05 May 2010 20:31

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World: Spam your condolences: Nigeria’s president dies after long illness

The soft-spoken Nigerian president, Umaru Yar’Adua, went missing from the public eye for nearly six months before his death due to health issues. source
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08 Mar 2010 10:58

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World: How bad is the ethnic violence in Nigeria, anyway? It depends

  • 300+ the death toll counted by the Nigerian government other counts vary
  • 492 the death toll counted by Nigeria’s Civil Rights Congress
  • 250 the number counted by Nigeria’s League of Human Rights source
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31 Jan 2010 10:18

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Biz: Speaking of scams, 419 scams via e-mail a big business in 2009

  • $9.3 billion went from your hands to the Nigerians source
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19 Jan 2010 20:55

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World: Muslims vs. Christians: Many dead after religious fight in Nigeria

  • 300 (or so) killed in three days of religious clashes source
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12 Jan 2010 09:51

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World: Nigerian president: Rumors of my death have been greatly 419’ed

  • seven weeks without a peep in public from Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua
  • resting the claim by Yar’Adua on why he’s been hiding since being hospitalized in November source
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