03.10.2008 - Source: BBC News

Ebonyi State: Nigerian military sent to segregate town after violent clashes and impose a curfew ("Military to split Nigerian town") [ID 25100]

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05.08.2008 - Source: BBC News

In search for militants and weaponry soldiers attacked a village in Niger Delta ("Nigeria troops raid Delta village") [ID 24486]

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01.08.2008 - Source: BBC News

Mob sets ambulance on fire after a bus crashed into a minibus ("Mob riot in Nigeria after crash") [ID 24484]

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30.07.2008 - Source: BBC News

One Soldier and two militants were killed in a clash of two militant groups in the Niger Delta ("Gangs clash in Nigeria oil region") [ID 24482]

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01.07.2008 - Source: ReliefWeb

9 people, 5 of them civilians, were killed in several clashes of an unspecified militant group with security forces in Delta region ("Niger Delta - Civilians killed after rebel attacks"), Autor: Missionary International Service News Agency [ID 23683]

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17.03.2008 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Jigawa State: 5 people killed and several houses burnt in violent fights between farmers and nomads, both competing for land ("Violence over land on the rise in Jigawa State") [ID 22659]

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

In March 2007, groups affiliated with the PDP and DPP vandalised each others party offices in Sokoto; several people injured ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23686]

"On March 10, groups affiliated with the PDP and DPP went on a 48-hour vandalism spree in Sokoto, destroying each other's party offices and members' vehicles. Several injuries were reported, and the police responded by banning all political rallies in the state, a decision that remained in effect through the April elections."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

During the Labor day celebrations, police detained over 235 persons in Abuja for attempting to protest the recent elections ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23687]

"Security forces forcibly dispersed and arrested demonstrators during the year, resulting in numerous injuries. On May 1, during the nationwide Labor Day celebrations, Abuja police detained over 235 persons for attempting to protest the recent elections, and police in Lagos arrested approximately 80 others. In Benin City, Edo State, the SSS beat the presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, Osagie Obayuwana, as he and his followers tried to take part in the annual Labor Day celebration. Obaywuana and Chief Dide Adodo, an official of the Labour Party, were arrested by the SSS but were subsequently released."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Participants on a march for launch of a hunger campaign were arrested in July 2007, because the march was lacking of official permission ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23688]

"On July 12, a team of mobile police officers accompanied by officials on the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) disbanded an Abuja rally to launch the HungerFREE campaign to draw attention to hunger in the country. AEPB officers arrested Ojobo Atuluku, the country's nominee to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and 20 other employees of ActionAid International, Nigeria (AAIN). AEPB official Muhammed Abuja, who led the arrest, stated that the march was illegal since the organizers did not obtain the board's permission. The police officers roughly handled the AAIN employees and sprayed teargas to disperse the crowd."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Fightings between party supporters lead to 4 dead and arresting of a gubernatorial candidate ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23728]

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On March 10, fighting broke out between PDP and ANPP supporters in Abeokuta, Ogun State, after PDP supporters allegedly forced ANPP vehicles to stop. Four persons died and others were critically injured, several vehicles were destroyed, and ANPP gubernatorial candidate Senator Ibikunle Amosun was arrested on March 11 for inciting the violence. Amosun was held for two days before being released, and no charges were ever filed."

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31.01.2008 - Source: Human Rights Watch

Many government policies discriminate against individuals not deemed to be ethnic "indigenes"; intercommunal violence remained common in 2007 ("World Report 2008") [ID 22219]

"While large-scale massacres like those in Kaduna in 2002 and Yelwa in 2004 did not occur in 2007, intercommunal violence remained common. Since the end of military rule, more than 11,000 Nigerians have died in over 500 violent sectarian and political clashes. The underlying causes of this strife are varied and complex, since the ethnic, religious, and other tensions that provoke it often overlap with and exacerbate one another. Many government policies discriminate against individuals not deemed to be ethnic “indigenes” (descendants of the original inhabitants) of their communities and this has made issues of local citizenship increasingly contentious. Many Nigerians believe the government’s failure to combat the nation’s grinding poverty lies at the heart of many conflicts that appear to be ethnic or religious in nature, as competition for scarce economic resources becomes increasingly desperate."

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25.12.2007 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Borno state: At least 3 people killed and 9 seriously injured in clash between farmers and nomads over grazing land ("At least three killed in clashes between farmers, nomads") [ID 22276]

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20.07.2007 - Source: BBC News

Sokoto: Police arrest leader of Muslim Shia sect and 100 of his followers after clashes in Northern city ("Arrests over sect clashes") [ID 20962]

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19.07.2007 - Source: BBC News

Sokoto: Clashes break out in Northern city after high-profile Muslim preacher is shot ("Clash over cleric death") [ID 20961]

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Rivers State: 10 persons died in gang violence ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19466]

"On July 20, violence erupted between gangs controlled by rival political leaders in Rivers State, resulting in the deaths of four persons in Emohua and six in Gokana."

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06.12.2005 - Source: BBC News

Deadly clashes in Nigerian city ("Deadly clashes in Nigerian city") [#40250],  [ID 15124]

"Three people are said to have been killed in a second day of clashes between riot police and stone-throwing youths in a south-east Nigerian city."

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27.11.2003 - Source: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Query response on riots in Ozoro, Delta State, on 26 February 2003 ("Riots in Ozoro, Delta State, on 26 February 2003 [NGA42236.E]") [ID 24531]

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