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Nigeria:
Senate Rejects Emergency Rule for Jos
This Day, 21 January 2010
A prayer by a member of the Senate seeking to declare a state of emergency in Plateau State was yesterday thrown out by the upper house. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos - Senate Orders Probe of Military Involvement
Leadership, 20 January 2010
The Senate yesterday expressed concern over the alleged use of military uniforms in the recent Jos crisis and directed the Federal Government to investigate and bring the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos Crisis Spreads to Neighbouring Town
Independent (Lagos), 20 January 2010
Death toll in the latest religious violence in Jos rose to about 300 on Wednesday, as the riot spread to the neighbouring town of Pankshin, about 100 kilometres from the Tin City. Read more »
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Nigeria:
State Reduces Curfew After Violence
Independent (Lagos), 20 January 2010
After reviewing the security situation in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has approved the review of the current 24-hour curfew to now start from… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Vice-President Puts North on Red Alert After Violence
This Day, 20 January 2010
The Federal Government has moved to prevent total breakdown of law and order following renewed fighting in Jos, Plateau State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Vice-President Decries Violence in Jos
Vanguard, 20 January 2010
THE renewed violence in Jos, the Plateau State capital, appeared to have overwhelmed security agencies deployed to quell it when it erupted on Sunday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos Crisis Escalates
Leadership, 19 January 2010
The religious crisis in Jos, Plateau State, snowballed to alarming proportions yesterday, leading the Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to order a deployment of troops into… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Use Restraint in Curbing Jos Violence
HRW, 19 January 2010
Nigeria should ensure that its security forces use restraint and comply with international standards on the use of force in responding to the latest deadly outbreak of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Streets Deserted After Sectarian Violence
This Day, 19 January 2010
As residents of Jos, Plateau State, count their losses, the police yesterday confirmed that 51 people have been arrested in the violence that broke out Sunday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Jos Mayhem Caused By Religious Terrorism, Bigotry'
This Day, 19 January 2010
Human Rights Writers' Association of Nigeria, has condemned the recent killings in Jos in which 20 people have been reported killed, describing it as religious terrorism. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos Crisis - Police Beef Up Security
Vanguard, 19 January 2010
FOLLOWING the religious crisis that engulfed Jos metropolises last Sunday, the security agents in the country have been put on red alert. Read more »
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Nigeria:
JNI Says 27 Dead, 300 in Hospital
Daily Trust, 19 January 2010
The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) Jos North Local Government chapter has confirmed that 26 Muslims died in Sunday's skirmish at Dutse Uku and Nassarawa Gwong Area of Jos. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos Crisis - Imam, Deputy Speaker Appeal for Calm
Daily Trust, 19 January 2010
Following the Sunday crisis in Jos, the Chief Imam of Jos Central Mosque Sheik Balarabe Dawud has appealed to the Muslim Ummah in the state to be calm. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Thousands Displaced in Jos Riots
UNIRIN, 18 January 2010
Several thousand residents of Jos, in central Nigeria, are displaced after their homes burned in deadly sectarian clashes, according to residents and the local Red Cross. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Resurgence of Religious Riots
Independent (Lagos), 18 January 2010
There is a troubling dimension to the agonizing state of things in Nigeria today. Despite the magnitude of crippling problems such as poverty, ignorance, hunger, disease and inept… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Christian Elders Condemn Attacks On Churches in Jos
Independent (Lagos), 18 January 2010
JOS CAME under a dusk to dawn curfew on Sunday, imposed by the Plateau State Government, after the city returned to the boil when Muslim youths attacked Christians on their way to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jos Crisis - FG Orders Onovo to Fish Out Culprits
Independent (Lagos), 18 January 2010
Abuja on Monday vowed to punish the perpetrators of the latest mayhem in Jos, and gave Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, marching orders to fish them out. Read more »
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Nigeria:
20 Feared Killed in Another Jos Riot
This Day, 18 January 2010
The fragile peace in Jos, Plateau State, collapsed last Sunday when another riot broke out in Dutse-Uku quarters in Nasarawa-Gwong area of Jos North local government, leading to… Read more »