12.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Boko Haram 'militant leader' captured in north Nigeria"

Police say they have arrested Suleiman Mohammed, a senior commander of the Islamist group Boko Haram [ID 216651]

11.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria lead poisoning: MSF urges government to do more"

Article on lead poisoning; according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), 4,000 children remain contaminated with many of them unable to get treatment [ID 216661]

07.05.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Daily abuses suffered by Nigeria's journalists"

Article on murder, threats and violence against journalists in 2012 [ID 216323]

06.05.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Nigeria: Show Commitment on Child Lead Poisoning"

Zamfara state: Since March 2010, more than 400 children have died from lead exposure related to artisanal gold mining; thousands of other children remain in ill-health and at risk of long-term disability or death [ID 216236]

04.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen kill seven in Nigeria attacks: police" , Author: Agence France-Presse

2 killed in alleged Boko Haram attacks on jail in Kumshe and on police station in Banki in Borno state; 5 civilians killed by gunmen disguised in military uniforms near Babban Mutum in Taraba state [ID 215827]

03.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigerian students fight for education" , Author: Voice of America

Every year 1,000,000 students pass the college-entrance qualifying exam, but universities can only accommodate 300,000; according to expert, there would be more development and less violence if more had access to higher education [ID 215829]

03.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Attack on Nigerian market kills at least 34 " , Author: Agence France-Presse

Yobe state: At least 34 killed and 22 injured in attack on cattle market in Potiskum; reprisal for fighting back an earlier attack on the market and killing one of the captured attackers [ID 215831]

03.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"In northern Nigeria, Islamic police play matchmaker" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Kano: Programme run by Islamic sharia police aims to match widows and divorcess participating on a voluntary basis with available men; it should help to curb unrest and reduce other social problems by providing a stable home for children [ID 215834]

03.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria's Potiskum cattle market raid 'kills dozens'"

Yobe state, Potiskum: At least 34 killed and 29 injured when gunmen open fire and throw explosives at a cattle market, according to officials [ID 215685]

02.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria's Boko Haram militants claim ThisDay attacks"

Abuja, Kaduna: Within a video Islamist group Boko Haram claims to be responsible for bombings of offices of newspaper ThisDay during which 7 people had died [ID 215569]

01.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"At least two killed in central Nigeria attack" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Plateau state: At least 2 killed and several wounded in attack of Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Christian Berom in Rim [ID 215836]

01.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"'A far cry from the Maiduguri I grew up in'"

Maiduguri: Account of former resident on impact of attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram: city under state of emergency since bombings in Jos and Abuja in December 2011; tight regime of army checkpoints and harassment of civilians [ID 215472]

01.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Boko Haram regional force call"

After a wave of attacks in northern Nigeria Chadian president Idriss Deby calls for urgent creation of a regional force to tackle Boko Haram Islamist militants; Deby deems Boko Haram a threat to the entire region around lake Chad [ID 215474]

30.04.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide 

"Nigeria: Boko Haram target University campus, press for the first time"

Members of Boko Haram attacked the Bayero University in Kano, killing 22 people and injuring 23 others; alleged Boko Haram gunmen attacked the Sunday service of a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) congregation in Maiduguri, killing 5 people [ID 215787]

30.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Deadly attack on Nigeria police in Jalingo, Taraba"

Jalingo: According to the police, at least 11 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy; no group claimed responsibility for the attack [ID 215354]

30.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigeria: The Generic Context of the Boko Haram Violence" , Author: Oxford Research Group

Brief report on violence and attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram [ID 215657]

29.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Deadly attack on Nigeria's Bayero university in Kano"

Kano: According to Nigerian Red Cross officials, at least 16 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at Bayero University campus where Christian worshippers were holding a service [ID 215279]

29.04.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Bomb, Gun Attack Apparently Targets Christians In Northern Nigeria"

Kano: At least 15 killed in attack on facilities of university mostly used by Christians [ID 215365]

29.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Attack on church services in Nigeria kills around 20" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Kano: According to witnesses and officials, attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at Bayero University, killing around 20 people [ID 215660]

27.04.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Government urged to protect media after two carbomb attacks on newspapers"

2 bombings targeting offices of newspapers in Abuja and Kaduna killed at least 9 people [ID 215181]

26.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria newspaper hit by blasts"

Cities Abuja and Kaduna: At least 6 people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices; according to witnesses, at least one of the attacks was a suicide bombing [ID 215146]

26.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Bomb attacks kill nine at Nigerian newspaper offices " , Author: Agence France-Presse

A suicide attack at the Abuja bureau of ThisDay, a top Nigerian newspaper, and an attempted car bombing at another of its offices in Kaduna killed 9 people [ID 215658]

25.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Blast hits fans in Nigeria's Jos, wounds many" , Author: Reuters

Jos: Several people wounded in an explosion at an outdoor screening of a soccer match, according to media reports [ID 214906]

25.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Double attack in central Nigeria"

Plateau state, Rim: 5 people are killed, and 1 injured, in overnight attack by gunmen; Jos: 9 people are injured in explosion [ID 214936]

25.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen kill five in Nigerian bar" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Yobe state, Damaturu: According to residents and a doctor, gunmen killed 5 people, including a police officer and a politician, at a bar [ID 215656]