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Nigeria: Female Suicide Bomb Attackers Hit North-Eastern Nigeria Market
DW, 11 January 2015
Two female suicide bombers have struck a market selling mobile phones in a northeastern Nigerian city. The attack bears the hallmarks of the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria: Female Suicide Bombers Kill 39 in Potiskum, Maiduguri Markets
Vanguard, 12 January 2015
MAIDUGURI -- Over 20 people were killed at Kasuwar Jagwal GSM market in the commercial capital of Potiskum, Yobe State, yesterday, when two female suicide bombers, one of them aged… Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, Female Suicide Bombers Strike, Kill 10 in Yobe Market
Leadership, 12 January 2015
Two female suicide bombers yesterday blew themselves up at a Yobe market after detonating bombs wired to their bodies, killing no fewer than 10 persons. The girls were said to be… Read more »
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Nigeria: Twin Bomb Explosions Rock Potiskum
Premium Times, 11 January 2015
Two separate explosions rocked the town of Potiskum in Yobe State, the police and residents have said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Scores Killed in Bomb Explosion At Potiskum GSM Market
Leadership, 11 January 2015
Bomb explosion at the popular GSM market in Potiskum local government area on Sunday has reportedly killed scores of residents. Read more »
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Nigeria: Fresh Bomb Blast Kills Two Policemen in Potiskum
Daily Trust, 11 January 2015
A bomb laden Volkswagen Golf intercepted by police on Sunday exploded and killed a police inspector, driver and injured others at the Divisional Police Station in Potiskum,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Terrorists Use Girl, 10, as Bomber, Killing 19
Leadership, 11 January 2015
The three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe in the north eastern geo-political zone again came under severe attacks from Boko Haram insurgents who killed scores of persons, with 19… Read more »
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Nigeria: 20 Killed in Maiduguri Poultry Market Suicide Bombing
Independent (Lagos), 11 January 2015
A suicide bomb attack said to have been carried out by a girl of about 10 years on Saturday killed at least 20 people at the popular poultry market in Maiduguri, Borno State, North… Read more »
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Nigeria: Suicide Bomb Attacks Kill At Least 18 in Nigeria
DW, 10 January 2015
A bomb that exploded in northern Nigeria was apparently carried into a crowded market by a pre-teen girl. A pair of suicide bombers also set off another blast at a Nigerian police… Read more »
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Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Hits Maiduguri Market As Global Outrage Trails Baga Massacre
This Day, 11 January 2015
A major market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, came under a suicide bomb attack on Saturday afternoon which led to the death of 20 people, with 18 others left with varied… Read more »
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Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Hits Market
Premium Times, 10 January 2015
A suicide bomb blast at a poultry market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Saturday, has killed at least 20 people and injured 18 others, witnesses have said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Heavy Blast Hits Maiduguri Market
Daily Trust, 10 January 2015
There was heavy explosion at the popular Maiduguri Monday Market this afternoon. Read more »
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Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Hits Maiduguri Market, Many Feared Dead
Premium Times, 10 January 2015
An explosion has gone off at the popular Maiduguri poultry market, with several people feared dead, residents, journalists and security operatives have told PREMIUM TIMES. Read more »
Nigerian Bombers Deploy 10-Year-Old Girl to Kill for Them
At least 19 people are reported to have been killed when militants strapped a bomb to a girl estimated to have been about 10 years old and sent her into a crowded poultry market in Maiduguri in Borno State.
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Attacks in northern Nigerian in recent days "could be Boko Haram's deadliest act in a catalogue of increasingly heinous attacks carried out by the group," Amnesty International ... Read more »
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has reacted following its reported endorsement of the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, General Muhammadu ... Read more »
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A suspected suicide bomb went off at a military barracks and at a church in Gombe on New Year's Eve. Read more »
