Suicide Bombing Kills 50 In Nigeria

CSM: Nigeria experiences worst bombing of the year in former Boko Haram territory

Despite government assurances that Boko Haram is nearly defeated within Nigeria, a recent suicide bombing that killed 50 people has been attributed to the Islamist militant group.

Yola, Nigeria—A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, the biggest mass killing this year in a region facing an insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Bayi Muhammad, a worshipper at the mosque in Mubi, said he only escaped the blast because he was late for early morning prayers.

The government and military have said numerous times since 2015 that Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency is almost defeated but the group continues to attack civilian and military targets.

Tuesday's bombing brings the number killed in 2017 to at least 278, according to calculations by Reuters. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Abubakar Othman, a police spokesman in Adamawa state, said the death toll is at least 50 but "there could be more as those seriously injured could add to the figure."

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Nigeria mosque attack: suicide bomber kills dozens -- The Guardian

Suicide Bomb Attack Kills Dozens In Nigeria

Reuters: Schoolgirl suicide bombers kill 56 in Nigerian market: official

Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 56 people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Madagali on Friday, a local official said.

The bombings bore the hallmark of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency to set up a state adhering to a strict interpretation of Muslim laws in the northeast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Yusuf Mohammed, chairman of the local district government, said the bombings left 56 people dead and wounded 57.

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Madagali: 'Thirty dead' in Nigeria suicide attack -- BBC
Nigeria: Suicide attacks kill dozens in Madagali -- Al Jazeera
Female suicide bombers kill 30 in Nigeria market -- CNN
Double suicide bomb attack kills dozens in Nigerian market -- DW
Two female suicide bombers kill at least 30 at Nigerian market -- The Guardian
Explosions kill 30 people in market in northern Nigeria -- UPI

Islamist Militants Continue Their Attacks In Nigeria

ABC News (Australia): At least 44 killed, 47 injured in twin bomb blasts in central Nigerian city Jos: relief agency

At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country's main relief agency says, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram.

"At the moment we have 44 dead bodies and 47 others injured from the scenes of the two attacks," Mohammed Abdulsalam, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said.

Earlier, police in Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital, said at least 18 people had lost their lives in Sunday night's attacks at a shopping complex and a site near a popular mosque.

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Bombs at mosque, restaurant in central Nigerian city kill 44 -- AP
Suspected Islamist militants kill 44 in central Nigeria city Jos -- Reuters
Twin bomb blasts kill dozens in central Nigeria -- Al Jazeera
Bombings Kill 44 in Central Nigeria -- VOA
44 killed in Nigeria bomb blast -- Irish Examiner

Nigeria Rocked By Bomb Blasts

Nigeria's Gombe And Bauchi Cities Hit By Blasts -- BBC

At least 26 people have been killed in bombings in two major cities in northern Nigeria, emergency workers and witnesses say.

The first blast at bus rank in Gombe killed at least 20 while another six died in an explosion at a market in Bauchi, they added.

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in the area.

Meanwhile, a video purportedly released by the group shows dozens of people being executed at a school dormitory.

They were made to lay face down before being shot dead.

There is no independent confirmation that Boko Haram produced the video. It is unclear where or when it was shot.

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Bombs Blamed on Extremists Kill 26 in Northeast Nigeria -- AP
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Two blasts kill at least 20 in restive northern Nigeria -- AFP
Bomb Blast in Northeastern Nigeria Kills at Least 20 -- WSJ
Blast in Nigeria's Gombe City Kills 20 -- VOA
At least 20 killed in Nigeria bomb blast -- Deutsche Welle

Nigeria Rocked By Terror Bomb Attacks

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Bombs In Nigeria's Kaduna Kill 82, Ex-Leader Buhari Targeted -- Reuters

(Reuters) - At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna targeting opposition leader and former president Muhammadu Buhari at a busy market and a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead a crowd in prayer.

The attacks bore the hallmarks of Islamist group Boko Haram but may also have been linked to politics ahead of 2015's elections.

The deadlier blast targeted Buhari's convoy at the crowded Kawo market, his son told Reuters on the scene. A Red Cross official said at least 50 people were killed there.

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Nigeria Bombings Kill 42 in Northern City of Kaduna, Police Say -- Bloomberg
Nigeria Kaduna Bombings: First Bomb Targets Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi; At Least 82 Killed -- IBTimes

Deadly Blasts Rock Nigeria

45 Killed in Nigeria Explosions -- Voice of America

A Nigerian police official says a pair of explosions in the central city of Jos has killed at least 45 people.

Plateau State Police Commissioner Chris Olape told reporters that the Tuesday afternoon blasts wounded at least 45 others.

Witnesses say the blasts went off several minutes apart near a bus terminal and a hospital, both located in a busy market area.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

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Police: 2 blasts in Nigeria city, kill at least 46 -- AP
Bombs in Nigerian city of Jos kill dozens -- The Guardian
Blasts in Nigerian City of Jos Leave at Least 46 People Dead -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Boko Haram Attack On Nigerian College Results In A Massacre Of 50 Students

Nigeria Attack: Students Shot Dead As They Slept -- BBC

Suspected Islamist gunmen have attacked a college in north-eastern Nigeria, killing up to 50 students.

The students were shot dead as they slept in their dormitory at the College of Agriculture in Yobe state.

North-eastern Nigeria is under a state of emergency amid an Islamist insurgency by the Boko Haram group.

Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's government to create an Islamic state, and has launched a number of attacks on schools.

Classrooms burned

Casualty figures from the latest attack vary, but a local politician told the BBC that around 50 students had been killed.

The politician said two vanloads of bodies had been taken to a hospital in Yobe's state capital, Damaturu.

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Boko Haram kills 40 students in Nigeria college dorm -- AFP
Boko Haram blamed after attack on Nigerian college leaves as many as 50 dead -- Globe and Mail/AP
Gunmen kill students as they sleep in Nigerian college -- Reuters
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 42 in Attack On Nigerian School -- allAfrica
Night massacre at Nigerian college leaves around 40 students dead -- RT
School where 50 Nigerian students were killed had no security patrol -- UPI
Nigeria to boost school security after deadly attack -- BBC
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Scores Of Students Killed From An Islamist Attack On A Nigerian School

'Dozens Dead' In School Attack In Nigeria's Yobe State -- BBC

At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say.

Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.

Dozens of schools have been burned in attacks by Islamists since 2010.

Yobe is one of three states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May, sending thousands of troops to the area.

A reporter from the Associated Press found chaotic scenes at the hospital in nearby Potiskum, where traumatised parents struggled to identify their children among the charred bodies and gunshot victims.

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Islamists 'kill 42' in Nigerian school attack -- FOX News/AFP
Nigerian students burned alive in extremist attack -- The Guardian
'Horrific Attack' On School In Nigeria; Dozens Dead -- NPR
30 killed in school attack by Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria -- New York Daily News/AP
Multiple fatalities as gunmen attack Nigerian school -- Deutsche Welle
Gunmen Attack Nigerian Boarding School and Kill 30 People -- Wall Street Journal
Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school -- Reuters
30 killed in school attack in northeast Nigeria -- USA Today
Gunmen Kill at Least 30 in Nigeria School Attack -- Voice of America

Why Are Hezbollah Terror Cells Setting Up In Nigeria?

Nigeria: Hezbollah Armoury Discovered In Kano City -- BBC

An armoury belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah has been discovered in northern Nigeria, the West African nation's army and spy agency has said.

Three Lebanese nationals have been arrested, an army spokesman, Brig Gen Ilyasu Isa Abba, said.

The cache, including rifles, anti-tank weapons and an RPG, were found in a warehouse in the city of Kano, he said.

Nigeria's State Security Service said they were intended for use against "Israeli and Western interests".

"This is the handwork of Hezbollah," Bassey Ettang, director of the State Security Service in Kano said.

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