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Nigeria Security Forces Nab Armed Men Behind Taraba Violence

At least 50 armed men have been arrested following religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Taraba State. Its reported that the men - armed with guns and machetes - were arrested following a shoot out with the military.

  • Nigeria:   50 Arrested Over Taraba Crisis

    Daily Trust, 21 November 2012

    Security forces drafted to keep the peace in Ibi, a river bank town in southern Taraba, where a religious crisis on Sunday morning left at least 10 people dead, have arrested over… Read more »

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file photo: Nigeria military personnel

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File Photo:A church badly damaged by a bomb

  • Nigeria:   Four Killed in Taraba Violence

    Daily Trust, 19 November 2012

    At least four people were reportedly killed yesterday in a violence following quarrel between Christian and Muslim youths in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba. Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Violence At Church Barricade Claims One

    Daily Trust, 18 November 2012

    At least one person has been reportedly killed when violence broke out at a barricade set up by church wardens at a road near a church in Ibi local government of Taraba. Read more »

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