Nigeria sect holds 7 French hostages
A video posted online today apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant claiming the radical Islamic group Boko Haram from neighbouring Nigeria holds them.The video, posted to...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - Islam
20 Killed in Blast at Northern Nigeria Bus Station:
The blast Monday hit the Sabon Gari area of Kano, the region's biggest city. Witnesses say it destroyed several buses at the station, which is frequented by passengers travelling to and from Nigeria's largely Christian south. Ref. Source 6
Suspected Islamist militants attack kills 4 people in Niger prison:
Gunmen have attacked the main prison in Niger's capital, Niamey, killing at least four people, officials say. They are thought to be members of the Islamist militant group, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao) Ref. Source 1
Nigeria: 11 killed during Islamist attack on school in Nigeria:
SEVEN students, two teachers and two insurgents were killed when suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram attacked a school in the northeastern town of Damaturu, the military said. Ref. Source 2
Nigeria: 23 killed, 100 houses, shops burnt in Borno:
Barely a day after the military authorities claimed that its troops had killed more than 150 Boko Haram terrorists and lost 16 of its personnel in an encounter in Maiduguri, no fewer than 23 persons were, yesterday, slaughtered in separate attacks in Kaga town, headquarters of Beneshiek Local Government Area of Borno State Ref. Source 1