Gunmen have killed six people at a church in Nigeria, making 2012 the third year that Christmas services have come under deadly attack in the country.
Authorities have blamed a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies
in Nigeria.
More than 770 people have been killed in a spate of Boko Haram attacks in Western Africa and seem to be growing more violent.
A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a church in northern Nigeria, killing three people and triggering reprisal attacks.
Hundreds of residents of a northeastern Nigerian city were fleeing after three days of attacks that left at least 31 dead.
Residents in northeastern Nigeria say 23 people have been killed and schools and government buildings were burnt in attacks by Islam group Boko Haram.
A field commander and three members of the extremist group Boko Haram has been killed in a raid in north-east Nigeria, security forces say.
A suicide bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, injuring and killing an unknown number of people.
Soldiers manning a checkpoint in northern Nigeria have killed two members of a radical sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone.
St Theresa’s Cathedral Church in Enugu state says the tall, colourful geles worn by women congregants in its parish are a potential security risk.
At least 16 people have been killed after gunmen – who residents believe to be Boko Haram extremists – attacked a church in Nigeria.
A radical militant sect has claimed responsibility for weekend attacks that have killed at least 58 people including two lawmakers in central Nigeria.
From east to west Africa, a rise in religious extremism has led to a surge in deadly attacks and kidnappings by groups linked to al-Qaeda.
Nigerian security forces killed at least 17 suspected members of the militant group Boko Haram in a shoot-out in the north town of Kano.
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspect in the country’s Christmas Day bombings, as the US put three Boko Haram leaders on its global terror list.
It is still not clear who was responsible for a Nigerian suicide bombing which has killed 12 people in the latest deadly attack on Christians.
A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church in north Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, witnesses say.
Two bomb blasts targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper <i>This Day</i>, in the Abuja and Kaduna, killing at least three people.
Nigerian police say extremist sect Boko Haram are to blame for an attack in the north of the country that left at least seven civilians dead.
The US embassy in Nigeria has warned that extremist group Boko Haram may be planning attacks against hotels or other areas in the capital Abuja.
A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday has killed at least 20, in a stark reminder of a similar attack on Christmas Day.
The Islamist group may have jihadist overtones, but its rise and power lies in Nigeria’s failure to deliver to its citizens adequately.
Eleven people have been killed after suspected members of Boko Haram were entangled in a shoot-out when troops raided their alleged hideout.
Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram have opened fire on a checkpoint in Nigeria with two police officers and a soldier feared dead.
Two Europeans who were held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaeda have been killed before rescuers could free them.
Islamist group Boko Haram have been accused of being suspects in the latest attacks on government buildings in the north of Nigeria.
Troops in Nigeria have shot and killed three suspected Boko Haram members after they were allegedly caught trying to burn down a school.
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/ 29 February 2012
Nigeria’s north-east areas have been hit by attacks after one school was set ablaze, another was destroyed and a police station was hit by gunmen.
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed five Muslim worshippers in a mosque and attacked a prison and police station in northern Nigeria.
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/ 11 February 2012
Two blasts went off outside a customs building in Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Maiduguri, the base of Boko Haram Islamists.
Bombs have exploded at two military bases in a central Nigerian city at the heart of ethnic and religious unrest in Africa’s most populous nation.
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/ 3 February 2012
In the fast-changing world of violent Sunni Muslim activism, it is reassuring to find that some things remain the same.