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Nigeria forces say kill 16 Islamists in fire fight

YoopyaJune 6, 2012

by YoopyaJune 6, 201203

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian forces shot dead 16 suspected militants in a fire fight with Islamist sect Boko Haram on Tuesday, the military said. A...

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Nigeria Islamists storm prison, kill guards: police

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 201202

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants stormed a prison in their northeastern heartland on Friday, killing two guards and freeing the inmates, police said, in the latest...

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Boko Haram kills four in Nigeria church attack: police

YoopyaApril 30, 2012

by YoopyaApril 30, 2012020

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram killed four people in an attack on a Sunday church service in the northeast town of...

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Boko Haram kill 7 civilians in north Nigeria: government

YoopyaApril 20, 2012

by YoopyaApril 20, 201202

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen from radical Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed at least seven civilians in the past 24 hours in a spate...

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Attacks on security forces in north Nigeria kill 7

YoopyaMarch 14, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 14, 201205

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in separate attacks by suspected Islamist militants targeting security patrols in northern Nigeria on Tuesday,...

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Reprisals kill 10 after church bombed in Nigeria’s Jos

YoopyaMarch 12, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 12, 201206

By Buhari Bello JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Christian youths killed at least 10 people in reprisal attacks after a suspected suicide bomber hit a Catholic...

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Suspected Islamists burn down seven Nigerian schools

YoopyaMarch 2, 2012May 10, 2024

by YoopyaMarch 2, 2012May 10, 202403

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Arsonists suspected to be members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have burned down seven schools in northeastern Nigeria the past few...

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Thousands flee from Nigeria crackdown on Boko Haram

YoopyaMarch 2, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 2, 201204

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 10,000 people have fled northern Nigeria for neighbouring Niger and Chad to escape a military sweep targeting...

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Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian church in Jos

YoopyaFebruary 27, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 27, 201200

By Buhari Bello JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a church in the Nigerian city of Jos...

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Nigeria army says kills 8 Islamists, stops 3 bombs

YoopyaFebruary 20, 2012February 20, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 20, 2012February 20, 201203

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military killed eight Islamist insurgents who attacked a market in the volatile northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, and deactivated three...