“Gunmen have attacked two more police stations in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, killing at least two people amid a wave of escalating violence blamed on Islamists.” (Source: AFP: Fresh attacks on Nigerian police stations kill two.)
“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has warned Britons not to travel to parts of Nigeria in the wake of terrorist attacks that left 178 people dead. “ Source: Nigeria terrorist attacks: FCO warns Britons not to travel to Kano as William Hague condemns violence | Mail Online
“A police station in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has been destroyed in an attack blamed on the Boko Haram Islamic sect. One policeman was injured by gunmen who shot at the entrance before an explosion inside injured another policeman and woman. At least 16 people, mostly police officers, have been killed in the [...]
“Unknown attackers brandishing machetes stormed the home of a senior intelligence official and hacked him and four members of his family to death in an apparent targeted killing, police said Tuesday. Two other children managed to escape the attack, though one was wounded, according to police. ‘The man Garba Bello, his wife and three children [...]
“he death toll from weekend violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 Monday after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian town south of the city of Jos, officials said. More than 200 were dead and 32 injured, according to Choji Gyang, a religious affairs adviser to the head of [...]