After a wave of attacks hit Nigeria, Inside Story asks what motivates the Islamist group's increasing violence in Africa's most populous country. Guests: David Zounmenou, Jonathan Offei-Ansah, and Anthony Goldman.
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A passenger plane with 147 people on board has crashed into a building in a densely populated area in the Nigerian city, Lagos. The head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said the plane, operated by Dana Air, was travelling between Lagos and the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The BBC's Tomi Oladipo said the building was probably empty so all of the casualties would have been on the plane.
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Gunmen have stormed a church service in Nigeria, killing six people and wounding 10, the church's pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous nation. "It was around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT)," Pastor John Jauro told AFP news agency of Thursday's attack in the city of Gombe. "I was leading the congregation in prayers. Our eyes were closed when some gunmen stormed the church and opened fire on the congregation. Six people were killed in the attack and 10 others were wounded." He said there was confusion as worshippers sought to flee at the Deeper Life Christian Ministry Church. Local police spokesman Ahmed Muhammad confirmed the attack, but declined to say how many people the gunmen killed and wounded. The attack comes after a purported spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram on Sunday issued a three-day ultimatum for Christians living in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north to leave the region or they would be killed. Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone reports.
A suicide car bombing in the Nigerian city of Kaduna on Easter Sunday killed dozens of people. The attack is suspected to be linked to the radical group Boko Haram. Yvonne Ndege reports.
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The death toll has risen from the series of co-ordinated bombings and attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. According to the government and the Red Cross, at least 120 people were killed. Hospital officials say more than 140 died. The city has been put under a curfew after police stations across the city were targeted on Friday. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports.
On the third day of the #occupyNigeria protest occupation at Eagle Square Abuja, at around 1:30am, as the protesters were about to sleep, we were attacked by hoodlums holding clubs and bats. They rushed into the camp and started beating us, they throw many people over the ditch and chased us out of the camp. All the while, the police officers stationed directly opposite our camp, watched as we were beaten mercilessly and did nothing. We rallied and organized ourselves and returned to the camp. We managed to apprehend one of the hoodlums who attacked us. As we were asking him questions, the police officers came with their guns pointed at us and asked us to hand him over. We agreed, trusting that the police would investigate. The policemen took him to their camp opposite ours, where one of the protesters overheard the hoodlum saying he was a police officer. The hoodlum was gently escorted to an unmarked vehicle (we have been seeing numerous vehicles we believe to be the SSS) and drove away. We protested and screamed at the police that the man was a criminal, but no attention was paid to us. NOTE: In the video, after the protesters were attacked and ran we can here the hoodlums saying they should load our equipments in a police vehicle (showing that either they were sent by the police or they are police officers in civilian clothing). One of the attackers looks at the laptop while holding the stick he used to beat us, he's illiterate face is captured by the webcam.
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Stratfor Tactical Analyst Ben West examines the details of Islamist militant group Boko Haram's April 8 attack and discusses its implications for the future of the Boko Haram threat. For more, please visit www.stratfor.com
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An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A radical Muslim sect claimed the attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city of Jos. (Dec. 25)
Christians at worship came under deadly attack on Sunday in Kenya and Nigeria, and initial suspicion fell on radical Islamist groups. The deadliest attack targeted an old section of Bayero University's campus in the city of Kano where churches hold Sunday services, with gunmen killing at least 16 people and wounding at least 22 others, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. A later attack in the northeast city of Maiduguri saw gunmen open fire at a Church of Christ in Nigeria chapel, killing five people, including a pastor preparing for Communion, witnesses said. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the attacks bore similarities to others carried by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. The Bayero University attack occurred around an old theatre and lecture halls where local churches hold services, according to Kano state police commissioner Ibrahim Idris, who also said the gunmen rode into the campus on motorcycles, then threw small explosives made out of soda cans around the area. No group immediately claimed responsibility. However, Mr. Idris said the attackers used small explosives packed inside of aluminum soda cans for the assault, a method previously used by Boko Haram. Boko Haram is waging a growing sectarian battle with Nigeria's weak central government, using suicide car bombs and assault rifles in attacks across the country's predominantly Muslim north and around its capital Abuja. Those killed have included Christians, Muslims and government <b>...</b>
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Transcript by www.newsy.com BY ADNAN S. KHAN ANCHOR BLAKE HANSON Tragedy strikes Nigeria just as the predominantly Muslim population geared up for one of the holiest days in Islam. Fox News has the details. "Red Cross officials confirming at least 63 people have been killed in a series of bombing and shooting in the town of Damaturu. The attacks reportedly on a three story military office, as well as several churches and a bank." BBC reports the attack, which many local newspaper are calling a 'siege,' came on the heels of a triple suicide bombing on a military headquarter in Maiduguri. BBC says the number of dead may be even higher. "The BBC's Jonah Fisher, in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, says people visiting morgues have reported seeing 92 bodies ... The state police commissioner said the attacks caught the town by surprise and he was still trying to establish the number of casualties..." Many local papers, such as Vanguard, have tentatively blamed the attacks on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. "There was no immediate claim of responsibility but blame immediately fell on Boko Haram, which has staged targeted assassinations and bombings around Maiduguri, killing more than 24." The group was also responsible for an uprising in 2009 that left 700 people dead in one week, according to Voice of America. "The sect does not recognize Nigeria's government or constitution and claims it is fighting to create a new country ruled by strict Islamic law."
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Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew and sealed its borders with neighbouring Cameroon and Niger. ibnlive.com
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Throughout northern Nigeria, Christian churches are ramping up security as a militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, targets places of worship. VOA's Anne Look reports from a church in the northern city of Kaduna that Christians are refusing to let the near-constant threat of attack keep them from Sunday services.
The leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram has defended recent attacks on Christians, and warned of more to come. In a video posted on Youtube, he warned that Nigeria's security forces would not be able to defeat the group. The rise in religious tensions is another headache for President Goodluck Jonathan who's facing a fourth day of nationwide strikes over the rising cost of fuel. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from the capital Abuja.
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Church attack Nigeria Nigerian churches bomb attack on Christmas Day Nigerian churches bomb attack on Christmas Day. At least 30 people died. Bomb blasts struck two churches in Nigeria on Sunday as worshippers were attending Christmas Day services, stirring memories of strikes against Nigerian churches during last year's Christmas season. The first explosion struck near a Catholic church in Madala, west of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, the National Emergency Management Agency said. A second attack struck the Mountain of Fire Ministries church in the city of Jos, northeast of the capital, said journalist Hassan John, who witnessed the aftermath of the two blasts that targeted the church. The emergency agency did not immediately provide details about the bombings, including the number of dead or wounded.
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Nigerian churches bomb attack on Christmas Day. At least 30 people died. Bomb blasts struck two churches in Nigeria on Sunday as worshippers were attending Christmas Day services, stirring memories of strikes against Nigerian churches during last year's Christmas season. The first explosion struck near a Catholic church in Madala, west of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, the National Emergency Management Agency said. A second attack struck the Mountain of Fire Ministries church in the city of Jos, northeast of the capital, said journalist Hassan John, who witnessed the aftermath of the two blasts that targeted the church. The emergency agency did not immediately provide details about the bombings, including the number of dead or wounded.
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The head of the Christian Association of Nigeria on Saturday slammed certain governors for failing to protect the Christian community from attack and said they would now take security into their own hands. At least six gun and bomb attacks targeting Christians since Christmas having killed more than 80 people. Duration: 00:45
Coordinated attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect killed at least 143 people in north Nigeria's largest city.
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Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the twin bomb attack on St. Theresa's Catholic Church near Abuja, Nigeria on Christmas day.
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BY STEVEN SPARKMAN ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN At least 15 people were killed in Nigeria Sunday when suspected Islamist militants attacked two Christian worship ceremonies. Here's euronews. "Gunmen burst into the building in Kano, shooting the victims and wounding many others, according to one eyewitness." The attack took place at a university, where one of the services was being held in a lecture hall. The Telegraph reports a series of small bombs were thrown into the hall, but that was just the beginning. "The explosions killed one person and injured many others. But as the crowd fled the lecture hall, gunmen waiting outside opened fire with automatic rifles." The gunmen escaped on motorcycles before police arrived, and the bombs were made from soda cans. Though no group has claimed responsibility, a BBC reporter says this MO matches the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. "The attack - on an apparent Christian service at an education establishment - would match up to threats the group has made in the past. Their name Boko Haram, translated from the local Hausa language, means 'Western education is forbidden'. It is a good reflection on the group." Boko Haram has been responsible for several bombings in recent weeks, including blowing up a newspaper office on Thursday. The government has attempted to crack down on the group after negotiations collapsed last month, but Al Jazeera reports the situation seems to be getting worse. "After three attacks in the last four days, all <b>...</b>
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Violent protests have broken out across Nigeria against the government's decision to end fuel subsidies, amid the ongoing state of emergency declared last week. Protesters formed human barriers along motorways, hijacked buses and set up bonfires in Lagos, the country's commercial capital, as police set upon the demonstrators with tear gas and batons. One of the country's main unions claimed police shot dead a protester, but police denied it, saying he was killed by a mob. The end to the subsidy will mean a fuel price hike of more than double in a country where most people live on less than £2 per day. Meanwhile, gunmen have attacked a police station in northern Nigeria's Jigawa state, killing a teenage girl and wounding an officer. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, though Islamist group Boko Haram has been blamed for many similar incidents in northern Nigeria. "The gunmen shot indiscriminately into the police station and engaged our men in a shootout, killing a teenage girl trying to flee and wounding a policeman," state police commissioner Hashimu Argungu said. "They threw an explosive into the police station but it did not detonate, which saved the police station from being destroyed, although its walls were riddled with bullets from the attack." President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in parts of four states hard hit by attacks blamed on Boko Haram on December 31. In one of the most bloody attacks, a Christmas Day bombing at a <b>...</b>
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In hopes of escaping spate of tit-for-tat sectarian violence, Nigerians in country's south seek refuge in neighbouring Cameroon. Nigerians have fled in droves to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group and revenge attacks by Christians. "Everybody is insecure in Nigeria. The fear is all-pervading," said a Nigerian Christian priest, speaking on condition of anonymity, in Fotokol, a Cameroonian border town where dozens have taken shelter in the last few weeks. It is located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the bastion of the shadowy Boko Haram sect that has been blamed for a slew of terror attacks that have sowed panic in Africa's most populous nation. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer, is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. Boko Haram has claimed to be fighting for an Islamic state in Nigeria's north, but its demands have varied. "Many Nigerians like myself have fled their villages in the south. We feel secure in Cameroon," the priest said in Fotokol. "That is why I am sheltered here," he added. He has rented a house that is about ten minutes by motorcycle to the nearest town in Nigeria, Gamboru Ngala, where he heads the local Catholic church. It is difficult to gauge the exact number of Nigerians who have fled to Cameroon as they cross the border illegally, but there are easily dozens sheltered here since the attacks and <b>...</b>
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Friday's deadly bomb attacks in Nigeria's second largest city, Kano, are the latest in a series of spectacular strikes by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. The coordinated series of assaults on police stations and other government offices killed at least 200 people. The rise of Boko Haram is sparking concerns that Africa's most populous country may be edging closer to civil war. Nigeria's Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka predicted it; political analysts are regularly asked about it; and the Kano attacks prompted the Leadership newspaper to run as its weekend edition headline, "Finally, Boko Haram Launches War." The radical Islamist Boko Haram has made headlines with increasing frequency lately for a series of audacious terrorist strikes. Among them, a Christmas Day bomb blast that killed worshippers at a Catholic Church and a deadly suicide bomb last August at a UN headquarters in Abuja. Nigeria's 160 million people are roughly divided between a mostly Muslim north and a predominantly Christian south. The Christmas Day church attack, and the name Boko Haram, which in the Hausa language spoken in the north means "Western education is sacrilegious," are seen as signs of the group's Islamic radicalism. But nearly all experts and scholars interviewed for this report agreed the Boko Haram phenomenon is not mainly fueled by religious extremism. Rights activist and expert on the causes of political violence Damian Ugwu says Boko Haram's support base is mostly unemployed northern <b>...</b>
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