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Attackers armed with guns and machetes stormed a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state today killing 10 members of the same family amongst them five children under the age of ten. Two persons were also fatally injured and are receiving … read more »
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Tagged Christian, Fula people, Jos, Lieutenant, local Nigerian newspaper, Military uniform, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Plateau State
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By Nick Street Senior Writer, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California On a brilliantly sunny Monday morning at the start of the rainy season, a couple of dozen young men gathered for a game of soccer … read more »
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Alex Masi David Raphael, 35, was injured in an explosion at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Jos. The Islamic group Boko Haram claimed responsibility. Matteo Fagotto Special to the Star JOS, NIGERIA—“I was born and bred in … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Catholic Church, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Sacred Heart
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Dakar/Brussels, Unless addressed immediately, recurrent violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state will continue to fuel settler-indigene tensions and exacerbate intercommunal strife across the country. Curbing Violence in Nigeria (I): The Jos Crisis, the first in a series of International Crisis Group … read more »
by Justine John DYIKUK Travelling back home from South-South Nigeria for the yuletide season was one of great joy, eager expectation and an irresistible homely-summon. As the writer was preparing to crouse through the hinterland and picturesque plains of the … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Jos, Langtang South, Nigeria Labour Congress, Plateau State, River Benue, rivers state, Strike action, trade union
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One person was injured when an Improvised Explosive Device exploded near the Rikkos Police Post in Jos on Friday. The Spokesman for the Special Task Force in Plateau State, Captain Salisu Mustapha, said in a statement in Jos, that the … read more »
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Tagged bomb, explosion, Friday, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau State, Salisu Mustapha, Special Task Force, STF
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Plateau – A rocket was fired at a Muslim school in Jos, Plateau state on Tuesday and killed a boy aged about 10, military spokesman Salisu Mustapha told Reuters. Jos is the capital of Plateau State in the heart of … read more »
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The Nigerian city of Jos has become synonymous for the bloody violence which occasionally breaks out between its Christian and Muslim communities. The BBC’s Will Ross asks whether bombings by the Islamist group Boko Haram will further inflame tensions. Looking … read more »
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by Aminu Sani Without doubt there is Boko Haram which aims to establish, according to them, a just social system of governance as they understand it, which path to its establishment is strewn with violence and there is a “Boko … read more »
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A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday outside a church in central Nigeria as gunmen attacked another church in the nation’s northeast, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others in the latest attacks targeting Christian worshippers … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, bokoharam, Borno State, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, Hausa language, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, Sunday
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Militants attacked two churches in north and central Nigeria on Sunday, spraying the congregation of one with bullets, killing several people, and blowing up a car in a suicide bombing at the other. The Islamist group Boko Haram, which says … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, bokoharam, Catholic Church, Christmas, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, MAIDUGURI, Muslim, Nigeria
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As JTF uncovers sect’s enclave in Jos • Five other suspected bombers’ wives held • Accept negotiation offer, Sambo tells sect A suspected Boko Haram enclave came down in rubbles yesterday in Jos. Its last occupants included Hauwa Mohammed, said … read more »
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Lagos – Suspected Muslim herdsmen in Nigeria have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in the volatile central Plateau state, officials said on Thursday. “A family of seven was brutally killed at Riya, … read more »
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One person was killed and nine others were injured last night after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing center in a Christian area of Jos where a crowd had gathered to watch soccer. At about 10:15 p.m. at the … read more »
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An unspecified number of people sustained injuries on Tuesday nite in a bomb blast close to a football viewing centre in Tudun Wada, Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the injuries resulted from stampede as … read more »
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IT was definitely a Black Sunday, February 26, for the people of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, as a bomb wrecked havoc at the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) Headquarters. According to eye witnesses, the explosive-laden car was said to … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Kaduna, Nigeria, Plateau State, Solomon Lar, Special Task Force, Yobe State
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JOS, Nigeria — A bomb blast in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Easter Sunday injured several people, officials said, hours after a car bomb attack in the country’s north killed at least 20. “Security personnel have moved to … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, Easter, explosion, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Kaduna, Nigeria, Yushau Shuaib
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A mobile police officer allegedly died on Sunday night and several people injured in Barkin Ladi and Bassa local governments of Plateau State. An eyewitness said problem started at Miango village in Bassa Council in the late hours of Sunday … read more »
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Jos – Reprisal attacks by Christian youths in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed more than 10 people on Sunday, after suspected Islamist militants bombed a church, the health commissioner for Jos said. “The situation is bad. Several were … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christian, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Islamism, Jos, Muslim, Nigeria, Reuters
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February 26, 2012 by benim
A suicide bomber smashed his explosives-laden car through the gates of a packed church during Sunday service in Jos, central Nigeria, killing three people and injuring dozens, church leaders said. Witnesses said a black car crashed through the gate of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Church of Christ in Nigeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, Jos, Nigeria, X NigeriaX Boko HaramX JosX AbujaX Church of Christ in NigeriaX Yushau ShuaibX AfricaX Catholic Church, Yushau Shuaib
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By Chika Odunze It is sad to see Nigeria going up in flames. Very disheartening to see how religion is destroying Nigeria. My question is, can one live a moral life with religion? If yes, why the ongoing chaos around … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, God, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Muslim, Nigeria, Thomas Paine
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By Kazeem Olowe “Religious fanatics should not be posted to head state police commands……” -Jos Crisis Panel The above quotation will give an insight to the kind of person that will be directing the affairs of the Nigerian Police force … read more »
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Tagged American International Group, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Joshua Dariye, Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force, Niki Tobi, Plateau State
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Prince Charles Dickson When you see a snake, you kill it first and set up a committee, you do not set up a committee first to kill the snake….The very few paragraphs that I will write , I have done … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, David Mark, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Jos, Kano, Mogadishu, Nigeria
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A family of four people was killed in a machete attack in Nigeria’s ethnically and religiously mixed Plateau state on Wednesday, the state government’s spokesman said. Plateau is a tinderbox of ethnic and religious rivalries over land and power between … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christian, Christmas, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau State
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A Nigerian scholar says the government is failing its fundamental duty to protect citizens following the Christmas day bombings that killed at least 35 people and injured many. The radical Muslim sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attacks. … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Damaturu, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, University of Abuja
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NEW YORK, Dec. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – AJC expressed outrage and revulsion at the deadly terrorist attacks that targeted Christian worshipers in Nigeria on Christmas Day and killed at least 25 people. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO ) Several churches, including St. Theresa Catholic … read more »
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Tagged AJC, Boko Haram, Christmas, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Mountain of Fire and Miracles, New York Times, Nigeria, Sharia
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Kano – A blast struck a Nigerian church in the northeast town of Gadaka on Sunday, wounding many, residents said, the third church to be hit during Christmas prayers. The explosion happened hours after a blast killed about 25 people … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christmas, explosion, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Kano, Nigeria
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Lagos – An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A second explosion later went off near another church in the restive city of Jos, raising … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christmas, christmas eve, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Nigeria, Sharia
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Jos – Pamphlets threatening bombings of churches and other areas have been posted in the Nigerian city of Jos, where Christmas Eve 2010 attacks and reprisals killed dozens, authorities said on Friday. A number of flyers were found on the … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, christmas eve, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Muslim, Nigeria, Plateau State
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Jos – Two blasts rocked the Nigerian city of Jos on Saturday, residents and an official said, with one death and a number of injuries reported at a bar where fans watched the Barcelona-Real Madrid soccer match. One of the … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, Muslim, Nigeria, Real Madrid C.F
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