Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Islamic Militant Attacks On The Increase In Nigeria

Fear Of Islamic Militant Attacks In Nigeria Spreads To Lagos -- Voice Of America

The fear of attacks by Islamic militants in Nigeria is spreading south to the commercial capital, Lagos, where city buses are being checked for bombs. A group that says it is fighting for a separate Islamic state is thought responsible for a series of attacks across the north.

Bomb attacks and ambushes in the northern city of Maiduguri have indefinitely closed the university there and led to an exodus of civilians, some of whom are newly unemployed motorbike taxi drivers after all motorbikes were banned in Maiduguri because Islamic militants were using them to throw bombs.

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More News On Nigeria's Islamic Insurgency

Nigerian 'Islamists' taunt military, threaten attacks -- AFP
Fear of attacks spreads south in Nigeria -- UPI
Nigerian government seeks dialogue with Islamist Boko Haram -- M&C
Nigeria: Boko Haram Fights Back -- allAfrica.com
Thousands flee Nigerian city hit by Islamist attacks -- AFP
3 killed in bomb blast in northeast Nigeria -- AP
Residents flee Nigerian city hit by sect attacks -- Reuters
30 said killed in clashes in Nigeria -- UPI
Nigeria army claims 11 Boko Haram deaths in Maiduguri -- BBC
'Nigeria Heading for Disintegration' -- Doyin Adebusuyi, AllAfrica

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