MAIDUGURI/KANO (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities raided a bomb making factory Saturday belonging to suspected members of an Islamist sect in the northeast, the military said, after gun and bomb attacks across northern Nigeria over four days killed at least seven people.

'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty

2011-10-13T08:30:40Z

A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.

In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Michigan

'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty, warns US

2011-10-13T01:30:12Z

A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.

In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Michigan

'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty to US airline plot

2011-10-12T17:30:21Z

A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.

In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Mi...

Accused "underwear" bomber to plead guilty

2011-10-12T07:30:15Z

DETROIT (Reuters) - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner in midair on Christmas Day 2009, told the federal judge overseeing his trial o...

More suspects arrested over Nigeria blast: official

2011-10-11T15:30:20Z

Three additional suspects, including a banker, have been arrested over two car bombings on last year's Independence Day in Abuja, which killed at least 12 people, Nigeria's secret police said Tuesday.

One of the three, who was declared wanted and said to be "an expert" in improvised explosive devices, "was a key figure in the October 1 bombings as he procured all the explosive devices used", the...

Trial of accused Christmas "underpants" bomber opens

2011-10-11T05:00:08Z

DETROIT (Reuters) - Opening statements begin on Tuesday in the trial of a young Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 by hiding a bomb in his underpants.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside a church in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, reviving concerns about a radical Islamist sect in the remote region of Africa's most populous nation.

No one was confi...

Nigerian court charges 6 suspects over deadly bombings

2011-09-30T17:30:13Z

Six suspected members of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram pleased innocent Friday to charges of engaging in a recent string of deadly bombings near the Nigerian capital.

In an Abuja high court, the six were hit with a five count charge of throwing bombs in and around the federal capital between March and May.

Eight suspect...

Nigerian customs seize shipment of explosives

2011-09-24T12:30:19Z

Customs officials in Nigeria, buckling under a spate of bomb attacks blamed on Islamists, have seized an illegal shipment of materials used in bomb-making on a Chinese vessel, an official said Saturday.

They were found in a 40-foot (12-metre) container which was searched Friday at the port of Tin Can in Lagos, customs spokesman Wale Adeniyi told AFP.

The container had arrived ...

Man arrested at Nigerian barracks with 'harmful' materials

2011-09-23T18:30:13Z

Nigeria's army arrested a man on Friday after he sought to drive into a barracks in the country's main oil region with what an official described as potentially harmful materials.

The arrest came amid fears of fresh attacks by Islamist sect Boko Haram, which claimed responsibility for last month's bomb blast at ...

Accused Nigerian bombers are junior: government official

2011-09-17T06:00:09Z

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Radical Islamist sect suspects facing trial for involvement in deadly bombings, including a suicide attack on a U.N. headquarters, are junior members of the group, a government official said on Saturd...

Four Nigerians face death penalty over U.N. bombing

2011-09-17T02:30:27Z

ABUJA (Reuters) - Four suspected members of a radical Islamist sect have been charged with orchestrating a suicide bombing on United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital last month that killed at least 23 people. They face the death penalty if ...

Four 'Islamists' accused over UN bombing in Nigeria

2011-09-16T17:30:11Z

Four suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram were accused in court Friday on charges of plotting last month's suicide attack on UN headquarters in Nigeria that killed more than 20 people.

The four were identified in court papers as Salisu Mohammed, Yunisa Mukaila, Danzumi Haruna and Abdulsalami Adamu.

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Fresh Nigeria attacks kill 15

2011-09-10T09:30:16Z

Fresh overnight attacks killed at least 15 people in Nigeria, the latest in a wave of recent killings in an area beset by sectarian violence, a local government official said Saturday.

"Fifteen people were killed ... in Vwang district of Jos south local government area of Plateau state in a midnight attack," a government spokesman Pam Ayuba said.

The attack in a central district on the outskirts of the city of Jos, ta...

Canada to bring back terror-fighting measures: PM

2011-09-07T12:30:51Z

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada will soon bring back controversial anti-terrorism measures, defending them in a television interview that airs Wednesday as "necessary" to thwart possible attacks.

The measures allowed for the detention of suspects without charges for up to 72 hours and for judges to compel witnesses to testify at trial.

They were first introduced i...

Bomb explodes in violence-torn Nigerian city: residents

2011-09-06T19:30:17Z

A bomb went off Tuesday in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri disrupting a three-week lull in bombings in the violence-torn city, local residents said.

The explosion occurred along Baga road which had seen several such attacks blamed on an Islamist sect known as Boko Haram in recent months.

"The bomb went off ar...

Nigeria says Qaeda-linked suspect behind UN attack

2011-08-31T12:30:28Z

Nigerian authorities said Wednesday that an Al-Qaeda linked suspect who recently returned from Somalia masterminded last week's attack on UN headquarters here, one of the bloodiest targeting the world body.

The statement by Nigeria's secret police over Friday's suicide bomb attack that...

Nigeria's top Muslim figure condemns UN bomb attack

2011-08-31T07:30:19Z

Nigeria's top Muslim spiritual leader has condemned last week's bomb attack on UN headquarters in the country that killed at least 23 people, calling it "detestable to Islam."

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, in a message to Nigerian Muslims marking the end of R...

Death toll from attack on UN in Nigeria hits 23

2011-08-30T07:30:18Z

The death toll from last week's suicide bomb attack on the UN's headquarters in Nigeria has risen to 23, including 11 United Nations staff, the world body said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The death toll stands at 23: eleven UN staff -- 10 Nigerians and one Norwegian -- nine non-UN staff and three unidentified others," it said.

"Twenty-six injured persons remain in hospita...

Islamist sect claims Nigeria U.N. bombing

2011-08-29T10:30:11Z

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)- An Islamist sect claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria that killed 23 people, demanding the release of prisoners and an end to a security crackdown t...

New Nigeria violence as Islamists probed over UN attack

2011-08-29T09:30:22Z

Investigators probed a Nigerian Islamist sect on Monday over the suicide bombing of UN headquarters here that killed at least 21 people in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting the world body globally.

Fresh violence hit Sunday when gunmen stormed the home of a local government chairman in the northeast and shot him dead. An attacker also threw a bomb onto the property of an e...

UN deputy chief meets Nigerian leader as bomb toll hits 21

2011-08-28T18:30:36Z

The UN's deputy chief met Nigeria's president Sunday after vowing a renewed fight against terrorism in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at the world body's headquarters here that killed at least 21.

Deputy UN Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro laid wreaths at the UN compound in

UN vows terrorism fight after Nigeria bombing

2011-08-28T11:30:17Z

The UN's deputy chief met Nigeria's president Sunday after vowing a renewed fight against terrorism in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at the world body's headquarters here that killed at least 23.

Deputy UN Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro laid wreaths at the UN compound in

Probe deepens into bombing of UN compound in Nigeria

2011-08-27T18:30:17Z

Investigators on Saturday probed a suicide attack at UN headquarters in Nigeria after the bomber managed to penetrate tight security and ram his car into the building, killing at least 19 people.

The UN's deputy secretary-general was due in Nigeria late Saturday night and the US embassy confirmed that UN compound in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, killing at least 18 people, blowing out much of the building and marking a sharp escalation in a wave of attacks.

The huge bomb went off after a suspect forced his way through two security gates and rammed his car into the building. The first two floor...

Gunmen shoot dead three policemen in Nigerian city

2011-08-19T18:30:09Z

Suspected Islamist gunmen Friday broke into a home in northern Nigeria and shot dead four people, including three policemen, who were watching a football match, the police said.

"The gunmen broke into the home of one of the policemen who was watching a football match on the television in the company of two other policemen and a civilian and shot them dead," Borno State p...

Nigerian soldiers accused of killing girl in restive city

2011-08-06T17:30:15Z

Residents of violence-wracked Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday accused soldiers of killing a seven-year old girl in a bid to disperse a crowd scrambling for free grains.

"People had gathered to collect grains brought by some relief organisations and when the crowd began to swell soldiers from the joint task force deployed to the area began shooting in the air to disperse the crowd,...

Somalia heads terrorism risk, South Sudan in top 5: survey

2011-08-03T08:30:10Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Somalia is most at risk from terrorist attack, followed by Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan and the new nation of Nigeria's defence chief on Wednesday pledged that soldiers who commit abuses will face the law after accusations of dozens killed in security raids in the violence-hit northeast.

"The military has orders of engagement, and all troopers are expected to adhere to the rules of engagement," Chief of Defence Staff Oluseyi Petirin said during a visit to the city of Maiduguri, the ...

Bomb blast wounds three soldiers in Nigeria

2011-07-23T18:30:08Z

A bomb blast blamed on Islamist militants targeted a patrol team in violence-wracked northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, leaving three soldiers wounded, the military said.

"An improvised explosive device targeted at a military patrol team stationed near Budum market exploded, injuring three soldiers," Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Isijeh Mohammed said of the attack in the ...

Bomb rocks troubled northeastern Nigerian city

2011-07-23T15:30:11Z

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in a bomb blast in Maiduguri on Saturday, a city in remote northeastern Nigeria which has been plagued by almost daily attacks from a radical Islamist sect.

"Three soldiers have been injured in the Saturday evening bomb blast that occurred...

Failed bomb attack, shootout in Nigeria's northeast

2011-07-22T09:30:28Z

A gun battle between Nigerian soldiers and suspected Islamists that broke out after a failed bomb attack in the country's troubled northeast left one extremist dead, the military said Friday.

"Around 6:50 pm on Thursday an explosive device was hurled at a military patrol team by some suspected members of Boko Haram," Lt. Col. Hassan Isijeh Mohammed told AFP of...

Nigerian 'Islamists' taunt military, threaten attacks

2011-07-13T14:30:21Z

Nigerian Islamists blamed for scores of bomb blasts and shootings have purportedly threatened further attacks on military barracks in a statement obtained Wednesday that also taunts the army.

The threat was contained in a statement signed by Abu Zaid, identified as a spokesman for the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.

It was anonymously distributed to j...

Nigerian troops 'on anti-terror training abroad'

2011-06-30T11:30:26Z

Nigerian soldiers are undergoing anti-terrorism training abroad following a recent spate of deadly gun and bomb attacks blamed on a radical Islamist sect, an army spokesman said on Thursday.

"This new type of act of terrorism is alien to Nigeria. So, some soldiers are undergoing training in anti-terrorism and allied crimes in some foreign countries to fight this menace," Ralph Isah told AFP by telephone.

He would not ...

Nigeria slaps limited curfews on Abuja

2011-06-29T13:30:27Z

Nigeria's capital Abuja on Wednesday imposed limited curfews on recreational centres after a deadly bomb attack two weeks ago at the police headquarters claimed by a radical Islamist sect.

The city's administration said night clubs and cinemas should close by 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) as well as beer parlours and billiards centres, daily including weekends.

Parks and gardens that admit children w...

Nigeria police backtrack on suicide blast claim

2011-06-22T14:30:35Z

Nigerian police backtracked Wednesday on a statement that an attack on the police headquarters last week was a suicide bombing, saying investigations were continuing and they were still not sure.

Police said soon after the June 16 bombing that killed two people at the national headquarters in Abuja that it was a suicide attack believed to have been carried out by the radical Islamis...

Nigerian police chiefs to meet over Abuja bomb attack

2011-06-20T08:30:22Z

Nigeria's top police chiefs will meet in the nation's capital on Tuesday over a deadly blast that killed at least two people, including the alleged suicide bomber, a spokesman said Monday.

"The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, has called for a crucial meeting with all the commissioners of police from the 36 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja over the incident," Ol...

Nigeria president visits site of first suicide blast

2011-06-17T14:30:21Z

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday visited the site of Nigeria's first suicide blast, claimed by Islamists, assuring that security forces were tackling the "ugly" emergence of terror attacks.

The radical Boko Haram sect said it was behind Thursday's blast in a car park at the national police headquarters ...

Nigeria's Islamists claim suicide bombing

2011-06-17T06:30:24Z

A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for Nigeria's first suicide bombing, saying the attack that killed two at Abuja's police headquarters targetted the country's police chief.

"We are responsible for the bomb attack on the police headquarters in Abuja, which was to prove a point to all those who doubt our capability," the group known as ABUJA (Reuters) - A radical Islamist sect based in northeastern Nigeria claimed responsibility on Friday for a bomb attack on the country's police headquarters, according to a statement sent to a local newspaper.

Police said they believed a suicide bomber detonated the explosives, which tore through the c...

Police blame Islamist sect for deadly Nigeria blast

2011-06-16T11:00:11Z

ABUJA (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives outside Nigeria's police headquarters on Thursday, officials said, killing several people and marking a serious deterioration in security in the West African nation.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but police said they suspec...

Hawaii airport screeners face firing after breach

2011-06-12T08:31:48Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three dozen baggage screeners at Honolulu International Airport face being fired and another dozen face discipline for security lapses, the U.S. Transportation Se...

Top US counterterrorism official quits

2011-06-09T15:30:43Z

Michael Leiter, the head of the US National Counterterrorism Center across two administrations, is resigning, officials said Thursday as President Barack Obama paid a warm tribute.

Leiter heads the prime government clearing house and analytical point for terrorism threat in...

Universities complacent on Islamists: minister

2011-06-06T09:30:30Z

Britain's universities are complacent in tackling Islamic extremism on campus, the interior minister warned Monday.

Home Secretary Theresa May said universities were not taking the issue of radicalisation seriously enough, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph newspaper....

Nigeria investigates bombs after Jonathan sworn in

2011-05-30T11:30:41Z

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's security agencies launched an investigation on Monday into a series of bombings which killed at least 14 people hours after President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn into office on Sunday.

Three improvised explosive devices tore throug...

S. Africa to charge Nigeria terror suspect

2011-04-19T10:30:30Z

South Africa plans to charge Henry Okah, the accused mastermind of Nigeria's deadly independence day blasts, with another bomb attack in the Nigerian city of Warri, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Okah, a Nigerian national with permanent residence in South Africa, has been in custody since he wa...

Nigerian militants threaten attacks ahead of vote

2011-03-14T07:30:16Z

Nigerian militant group MEND has threatened simultaneous bomb blasts and attacks on oil facilities ahead of April general elections in the oil-rich west African country.

"The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) will soon commence with simultaneous bomb blasts and attacks on oil ...

U.S. anti-terror outpost tackles rat-borne virus

2011-02-14T08:30:24Z

KENEMA, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - In a far-flung laboratory in West Africa, American researcher Matt Boisen drops serum from a woman infected with Lassa fever onto a slim strip, testing a new way of diagnosing the deadly virus.

Soon a tell-tale red horizontal...

U.S. to replace color-coded terror threat alerts

2011-01-26T15:00:52Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security will replace the widely pilloried color-coded warning system for terrorism threats with more targeted alerts to the public, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.

The five-step system of colors and threat levels was adop...

French strike killed French hostage in Mali: Qaeda

2011-01-15T18:30:05Z

Al-Qaeda said a French airstrike killed one of two young Frenchmen its fighters had kidnapped in Niger, while claiming its militants executed the other, a US monitoring group reported on Saturday.

The terror network's North African branch, Al-Qaeda in the Is...

Troops deploy after 13 reported dead in Nigeria

2011-01-11T08:30:24Z

Soldiers rushed to restore calm to parts of central Nigeria on Tuesday after 13 people were reported killed in an attack on a village and unrest flared in other areas, authorities said.

Central Nigeria has seen a wave of violence in recent weeks, including Christmas Eve bomb blasts and reprisal attacks that killed at least 80 people as well as clashes between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups....

'Many' houses burnt in fresh tensions in central Nigeria

2011-01-09T18:30:13Z

Fresh tensions in central Nigeria left "many" houses burnt on Sunday and led security forces to rush to the area to restore calm in the latest flare-up in the region, police said.

The country's central region has been hit by a wave of violence in recent weeks, including Christmas Eve bomb blasts in the city of Jos and an attack on Muslims on Friday night.

"Many houses were burnt," said Abdulrahman Akano, police commis...

Nigerian leader to name 'terrorism' advisor after attacks

2011-01-03T14:30:41Z

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is to tighten security and name a special advisor on terrorism after a week of bomb blasts that claimed dozens of lives, his office said on Monday.

The announcement came after Jonathan held emergency talks with his security chiefs that concluded that the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve attacks were "acts of terror carried out by criminal...

Pope condemns Christmas attacks on churches

2010-12-26T04:30:10Z

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict Sunday condemned Christmas Day attacks on churches in Nigeria and the Philippines as absurd violence...

US asks Yemen for 'forceful action' against Al-Qaeda

2010-12-25T02:30:09Z

The United States called on Yemen to step up its fight against Al-Qaeda and terrorism one year after a botched attempt to blow up a US passenger plane by a Nigerian with Yemeni links.

Counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan...

Nigerian court refuses bail for bomb blast suspects

2010-12-21T15:30:35Z

A Nigerian court on Tuesday refused bail to the brother of an alleged militant and three others facing treason and terrorism charges over Independence Day twin car bombings that killed 12 people in Abuja.

Charles Okah, elder brother of Henry Okah now standing trial in a US intelligence officials concerned about terror attacks during holiday season

Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during this holiday season.

The FBI and AP Interview: Nigerian terror suspect predicts more violence in Nigeria's oil-rich delta

A Nigerian terror suspect jailed in South Africa says he fears more unrest in his homeland's oil-rich Niger Delta after next year's election.

Spain Friday remanded in custody three of seven people arrested in an operation against a gang suspected of forging passports for Al-Qaeda-linked groups, court sources said.

The seven -- six Pakistanis and a Nigerian -- were held in raids in Barcelona on Tuesday ...

Pakistanis, Nigerian held in Spain over terror links

2010-12-01T14:31:14Z

Spanish police have arrested six Pakistanis and a Nigerian suspected of providing forged passports to organisations linked to Al-Qaeda, including the group accused of plotting the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

Three others -- two Pakistanis and a Thai national -- were held in US President Barack Obama on Saturday weighed in on a topic that has rattled the nerves of air travelers in the United States as the country enters the busiest travel season of the year: increased airport screening.

Tightened security measures include the use of so-called "naked" scanners that take full-body X-ray images that show passengers' genitals. Nigerian accused of deadly bombings in his homeland denied bail in South Africa

A magistrate in South Africa says a Nigerian terror suspect must be held without bail.

Friday's decision ended a month of bail hearings that played out like a mini-trial of Henry Okah. Prosecutors who s...

Which high school courses should be required of everyone?

2010-11-04T15:34:41Z

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Yemen's al-Qaida seeking to recruit Westerners

2010-11-01T05:00:22Z

After mail bomb plot, fears that Yemen is an easy entry way for Westerners to join al-Qaida

Al-Qaida in Yemen, suspected in the thwarted mail bombing attempt, appears to be aggressively seeking to recruit American and European radicals who could provide an entry way for the group to carry out attacks in their homelands.

Yemen provides a potentially easy ent...

The connection between diamond smuggling and terrorism

2010-11-04T14:44:13Z

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Reflections: America's role in the destabilization of Nigeria

2010-11-04T14:02:47Z

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Poverty and Terrorism - The Myth and The Reality

2010-11-03T03:12:37Z

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Nigerian president vows to toughen anti-terorism law

2010-10-16T16:30:15Z

"I have directed the attorney-general of the federation to review the anti-terrorism bill before the National Assembly", a statement from his office quoted him as saying during a visit to eastern Imo State.

The review of the anti-terrorism law is aimed at meeting the current security challenges, the statement quoted him as saying.

"A kidnapper or robber for instance must not be allowed to own any property in and o...

G8 countries tackle Al-Qaeda in north Africa

2010-10-13T08:30:43Z

Representatives of leading Western countries and regional states met in Mali Wednesday to discuss how to step up the fight against Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda.

Anti-terror experts of G8 members Britain, Nigerian intelligence services said they foiled plans to attack key buildings in the capital including the presidential palace as they arrested nine over the independence day bombings that killed 12 people.

The National Assembly building and the secret services headquarters are also located in the area that had been targeted by bombers who two days later set off two car bombs near a square hosting independence day ceremonies.

"The...

Nigeria hunt down independence blasts suspects

2010-10-04T03:15:46Z

Nigerian authorities on Monday hunted two suspected masterminds of deadly independence day bombings after President Goodluck Jonathan implicated a foreign-based group in the attacks.

"We are still examining the (blast) scene for fresh evidence and are looking for two Nigerians who are believed to be the masterminds," police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu

Group outside Nigeria behind blasts: president

2010-10-03T12:15:36Z

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday implicated a "small terrorist group that resides outside Nigeria" in independence day bomb blasts that killed at least 12 people.

"It is a small terrorist group that resides outside Nigeria that was paid by some people within to perpetrate the dastardly act," he said according to a statement released by his press office.<...

Ivory Coast

2011-01-03T20:30:49Z

Benin President Boni Yayi, left, walks with Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, on arrival at the airport in Abidjan, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. African leaders returned to Ivory Coast...

Stanford California Basketball

2011-01-02T15:00:17Z

Stanford's Sarah Boothe, right, struggles for the ball with California's Rama N'diaye of Senegal, during the first half of an NCAA...

Nigeria Barracks Explosion

2011-01-01T08:30:10Z

The victim of a bomb explosion is been treated by medical staff at the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A bomb blast tore through a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve, witnesses said. State-run television reported Friday night that 30 peop...

APTOPIX Nigeria Barracks Explosion

2011-01-01T08:01:26Z

A truck transports the bodies of bomb explosion victims to a mortuary in, Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A bomb blast tore through a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve, witnesses said. State-run television reported Friday night that 30 people died, though police immediately disputed that. (AP Photo/Felix Onigbinde)

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Nigeria-Violence

2010-12-28T04:31:14Z

Bystanders gather around a burned car outside the Victory Baptist Church in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Authorities say dozens of assailants attacked the church on Christmas Eve, killing the pastor, two members of the choir and two people passing by the church....

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