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Nigeria
Sixty-six people were killed during Friday’s attacks by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Damaturu, and Potiskum. Sixty-three of those killed were in Damaturu. The US warned that the terror group may attack the Hilton, Nicon Luxury and Sheraton hotels in Abuja.
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Boko Haram
Nigerian forces hunt killers, locals demand security
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Boko Haram
US: Bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital
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Boko Haram
Red Cross – More Than 100 Dead in Nigeria Attacks
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Boko Haram kills scores in attacks in northern Nigeria
The al Qaeda-linked terror group attacked security headquarters, churches, and mosques in coordinated attacks in two northern states. The terror group deployed suicide bombers during the attacks.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram attacked security headquarters, churches, and mosques in coordinated attacks in Maiduguri, Damaturu, and Potiskum, killing scores of people. The terror group deployed suicide bombers during the attacks.
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Boko Haram launches complex suicide attack in Nigeria
Three suicide bombers attacked a military headquarters in Maiduguri while IEDs were detonated in three other areas.
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria: Radical Muslim sect grows more dangerous
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Boko Haram
Move over Boko Haram, Nigeria’s MEND rebels set to restart oil war in Niger Delta
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Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for killing a journalist who worked for the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority. The terror group killed the journalist “because he was an informant of security agencies … He gave information to security agents that led to the arrest of many of our members.”
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Nigeria
Four people were killed in a bombing at a police station in the state of Gombe in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the attack.
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United States
Revelations from the underwear bomber trial
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Underwear bomber’s jihadist path
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Nigeria
Customers at a tea shop, aided by police, killed two Boko Haram fighters after disarming them. Boko Haram killed two tea shop owners earlier in the week.
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Al Qaeda
Trial to Start in Attempt to Use Bomb Aboard Jet
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Boko Haram
In Nigeria, a Cop Takes On Cops
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Al Qaeda
Jonathan promises safer Nigeria
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Nigeria
Police claimed to have arrested a “top commander” for Boko Haram and five fighters. A Christian extremist group known as Akhwat Akwop threatened to retaliate against Boko Haram attacks.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram killed a lawyer and a government worker in an attack in Maiduguri. Police denied that 22 individuals arrested in Lagos are linked to Boko Haram.
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Nigeria
Africa Rising: Nigeria plans to build nuclear power plants
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Nigeria
The Niger Delta Liberation Force threatened to team up with security forces and attack Boko Haram if it moved into the Delta region. The FBI and Interpol are said to have joined the manhunt for UN headquarters bombing mastermind Mamman Nur.
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Nigeria
The state security service offered a $160,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the mastermind behind a suicide bomb on UN headquarters in Abuja. Officials fear that Boko Haram will attack oil facilities.
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Libya
Libya conflict: Black African migrants caught in backlash
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Nigeria
Boko Haram released two videotapes of the suicide bomber who attacked the UN headquarters in Abuja. A relative of the slain former leader of Boko Haram was gunned down in Maiduguri.
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Al Qaeda
Accused Nigerian Bombers Are Junior – Government Official
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Nigeria
Police killed three Boko Haram fighters who attacked a divisional police station and a bank in Misau on Sept. 12; five policemen and a civilian were killed during the fighting. Boko Haram fighters killed three people in Maiduguri.
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Africa
Three Terrorist Groups in Africa Pose Threat to US, American Commander Says
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Al Qaeda
Nigeria militant group Boko Haram’s attacks attract speculation
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Nigeria
A court charged eight Boko Haram members for their involvement in a string of bombings in Suleja. Boko Haram threatened to bomb 20 universities throughout the country.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda 2.0: What the next 10 years will bring
