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Nine students killed in attack on Nigeria school

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 23:31

Suspected Islamists shot dead nine students as they sat an exam in an attack on a private school in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, local people said Tuesday. The attack, in a region that is a stronghold of the Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, happened on Monday in the Jajeri suburb of the city, they said. Mohammed Saleh, a relative of one of the deceased students, said school officials had told him that the attack happened soon after the end-of-year exam had started. "Nine of the students died instantly," he said, blaming members of Boko Haram.

Nine students killed in attack on Nigeria school

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 21:30

Nigeria Islamists kill 9 students in school attack: medic

Thomson ReutersJune 18, 2013 17:31

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker said, the second deadly attack on schools in three days. Witness Ibrahim Mohammed said he was taking exams in a classroom at Ansarudeen School when gunmen stormed the building, opening fire at random.

11 dead in attack on school, soldiers: Nigerian military

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 18:02

Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria's northeast, leaving 11 people dead including seven students, the military said Monday. Details were sketchy and the information could not be independently confirmed. Mobile phone lines have been cut in much of the northeast since the start of a military offensive targeting Islamist extremist group Boko Haram on May 15 and access to the area is limited.

Nigeria says 11 killed in Islamist sect school attack

Thomson ReutersJune 17, 2013 15:31

By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - 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. Groups like Boko Haram and the al Qaeda-linked Ansaru have become the biggest risk to stability in Nigeria, Africa's top oil producer and second-largest economy.

Nigeria offensive pushes 6,000 refugees into Niger: U.N.

Thomson ReutersJune 11, 2013 15:31

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military offensive against Islamist militants in its northeast has forced more than 6,000 refugees - mostly women, children and the elderly - to flee to neighboring Niger, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. Nigerian forces are engaged in a 4-week-old operation to regain territory from fighters loyal to Islamist group Boko Haram, which they say has enabled them to wrest back control of the country's remote northeast.

11 killed in Nigeria Islamists' fake funeral attack

Agence France-PresseJune 10, 2013 14:37

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighbourhood in the restive city of Maiduguri, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin, local residents said Monday. There were conflicting reports as to the number of people who lost their lives in the attack that began late Friday. Information has been slow to emerge in the region because the mobile phone network has been shut down by the military amid an offensive aimed at crushing the Islamists.

Nigeria Islamists hide guns in coffin, kill 13: witnesses

Thomson ReutersJune 9, 2013 19:30

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents who hid weapons inside a coffin have shot dead 13 people in an attack targeting informants in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, two witnesses said on Sunday. Friday's attack came as Nigeria's military makes its most concerted effort yet to end a four-year insurgency by Boko Haram, a sect that has killed thousands in a campaign to create a state governed by Islamic law in Nigeria's northeast.

Nigeria orders 20-year jail term for Boko Haram support

Thomson ReutersJune 5, 2013 14:54

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the Islamist rebel force Boko Haram and splinter group Ansaru to be terrorist organizations, meaning anyone who supports them could face a 20-year-jail sentence. The designation also means militants no longer must be prosecuted for specific crimes such as murder.

Boko Haram, Ansaru are 'terrorist' groups: Nigeria leader

Agence France-PresseJune 4, 2013 18:17

Nigeria has formally declared the Boko Haram Islamist sect and Ansaru, its suspected offshot, "terrorist" groups and issued a law to ban them, a presidential statement said on Tuesday. "President Goodluck Jonathan has formally approved the proscription of Boko Haram and authorised the gazetting of an order declaring the group's activities illegal and acts of terrorism," said the statement from his office. The ban "affects both Boko Haram (Jamaatu Ahlis-Sunna Liddaawati Wal Jihad) and another group - Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan", it said.