11.03.2010 - Source:US Department of State 

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2009"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2009 [ID 135072]

09.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria under fire over killings"

Plateau state: The governor has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack near the city of Jos [ID 135010]

09.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria kidnappers free SA man"

A South African TV worker is freed by kidnappers a week after he was snatched near Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region [ID 134987]

09.03.2010 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Hundreds Feared Dead In Nigeria Violence"

Reports say several hundred people are feared to have been killed in an outbreak of violence between religious groups [ID 134998]

09.03.2010 - Source:Guardian 

"Nigeria told to take action as 200 die in sectarian violence"

Jos: According to survivors, security forces did not interfere in order to protect civilians from sectarian violence [ID 135003]

08.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack"

Jos: Some 500 people, including many women and children, are now reported to have died in a weekend religious clash, officials say [ID 134902]

08.03.2010 - Source:Frankfurter Rundschau

"500 Tote: Massaker in Nigeria"

Plateau province: At least 500 killed in attack of Muslim Hausa and Fulani nomads on Christian Berom villages Ratt, Zot and Dogo Nahawa [ID 134985]

08.03.2010 - Source:Guardian 

"Hundreds killed in Nigerian attacks"

Jos: Clashes continue between Muslims and Christians; according to reports, more than 500 killed [ID 134999]

07.03.2010 - Source:Guardian 

"Scores hacked to death in Nigerian clash"

Jos: Scores of women and children killed in religious overnight raids; initial reports speak of about 200 dead [ID 134906]

07.03.2010 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"TIMELINE - Ethnic and religious unrest in Nigeria" , Author: Reuters - AlertNet

Timeline on ethnic and religious unrest [ID 134965]

05.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Minister condemns Nigeria police"

Police minister accuses police officers of killings, robbery and other abuses [ID 134896]

02.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Journalists kidnapped in Nigeria"

South-east Nigeria: 3 employees of South African TV channel SuperSport are seized
[ID 134706]

01.03.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria police held over deaths"

A "significant number" of police officers have been arrested over the alleged extra-judicial killing of members of the Boko Haram sect in 2009 [ID 134656]

01.03.2010 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide 

"Arrests made over mass arson of churches in Northern Nigeria"

Northern Nigeria: Several arrests made following the burning of at least 7 churches [ID 134875]

24.02.2010 - Source:Neue Zürcher Zeitung

"Nigerias Präsident nach Auslandsbehandlung zurück"

President Umaru Yar'Adua returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia; vice-president John Goodluck remains in office [ID 134478]

22.02.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria protest arrests condemned"

A rights campaigner has criticised the police for arresting him and his colleagues during a protest over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [ID 134335]

16.02.2010 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Attacks on the Press 2009"

Annual report on press freedom in 2009 [ID 134153]

12.02.2010 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Acting President Should Address Abuses"

Vice-president Jonathan elected acting president by national assembly on 9 February; widespread impunity for abuses carried out by police forces (extrajudicial killings, torture, and extortion) [ID 133901]

12.02.2010 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Nigeria police killings must be investigated [PRE01/050/2010]"

Article on suspected cases of unlawful killings by the police force in recent years [ID 134098]

10.02.2010 - Source:Tageszeitung

"Machtwechsel in Nigeria: Goodluck übernimmt Präsidentschaft"

Vice-president Jonathan Goodluck succeeds president Umaru Yar Adua, who is hospitalised in Saudi-Arabia since 2 months; opposition says succession is illegal [ID 133809]

10.02.2010 - Source:International Crisis Group 

""Nigerias Staatskrise eskaliert", Louise Arbour and Ayo Obe in Die Zeit" , Author: Die Zeit

Article on political situation (illness of president Umaru Yar'Adua; situation in Niger-Delta; opposition protests since 12 January) [ID 133846]

09.02.2010 - Source:Guardian 

"Nigerian vice-president to take over from absent premier"

Senate voted on transferring power to vice-president Jonathan Goodluck; he will be in charge until president Yar'Adua's recovery [ID 133712]

08.02.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria election 'gravely flawed'"

Anambra state: An election for governor has been condemned amid reports of vote-buying and ballot-box theft [ID 133527]

07.02.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigerian governor is re-elected"

State of Anambra: The governor is re-elected amid accusations of unfair voting procedures [ID 133505]

06.02.2010 - Source:BBC News 

"Delays mar Nigeria regional poll"

Anambra state: Voting for a new governor is delayed as police refuse to escort ballot papers [ID 133503]