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Nigeria:
Protest Rocks Onitsha As Policeman Killed Driver Over N50
Vanguard, 9 February 2012
VIOLENT protest sparked off in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State Thursday, over the killing of a commercial bus driver simply identified as Edwin by a trigger happy… Read more »
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Nigeria:
MASSOB Leader Stops Mob From Attacking Hausa in Onitsha
Leadership, 10 February 2012
An angry mob consisting of members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) was yesterday stopped from attacking an "Hausa settlement in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Onitsha - Police Extra-Judicial Killing Sparks Violence
Daily Trust, 9 February 2012
Anambra state's commercial city of Onitsha today was the centre of violence following the killing of a driver suspected to be a member of the Movement for the Actualization of the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Onitsha - Driver's Murder Sparks Violence
This Day, 10 February 2012
There was pandemonium in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, Thursday after a policeman at one of the checkpoints within the city shot and killed a commercial bus,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Onitsha Police Killing - Over 200 Northerners Flee to Asaba
Vanguard, 9 February 2012
COMMOTION broke out,Thursday, as hundreds of Hausa indigenes resident in Onitsha fled to Asaba for refuge as a result of alleged attack on them by members of Movement for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Onitsha Boils As Police Kills Bus Driver
The Moment, 10 February 2012
THE commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, erupted in rampage following the killing of a bus driver by a mobile policeman at a checkpoint. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Shooting Sparks Violence in Onitsha
Daily Trust, 10 February 2012
Violence broke out in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday after a policeman shot dead a bus driver who refused to pay a N20 tip, heightening ethnic tensions in the commercial city. Read more »