'Militant leader' held in Nigeria
Nigerian police say they have arrested a senior commander of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the troubled northern city of Kano. full story
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Nigeria leader backs militant talks
Nigeria's president is establishing a committee examine how to enter into dialogue with Boko Haram and bring in an amnesty for the Islamist insurgents.
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'Many dead' in Nigeria militant raid
Fifty-five people have been killed in a raid by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, the military says.
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Analysis: Militant uprising not yet likely in Nigeria's oil delta
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Despite a deadly attack on police and emailed threats from a militant group, Niger Delta militants are unlikely to resurrect the campaign of violence that once hobbled Africa's biggest energy industry.
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Nigeria: Muslim leader calls for extremist amnesty
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — The top spiritual leader for Muslims in Nigeria called Tuesday for the nation's president to grant a "total amnesty" for Islamic extremists now launching attacks in the country in order to halt the violence.
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Insight: Nigeria's Islamists staging bolder, deadlier comeback
BAGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast.
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Foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria
A Nigerian militant group previously linked to the kidnapping of a French citizen claimed responsibility Monday for taking seven workers from a construction company's offices in northeastern Nigeria.
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Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergency zone
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across the north.
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Nigeria militant jailed for 24 years
South African court jails Nigerian oil militant Henry Okah to 24 years in jail over 2010 twin bombings in Abuja.
bbci.co.uk (1 month and 22 days ago)
Nigeria militants film 'hostages'
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram releases a video showing women and children it says it has abducted - in a new tactic for the group.
bbci.co.uk (5 days ago)
Video claims Nigeria sect holds 7 French hostages
LAGOS, Nigeria—A video posted online Monday apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant claiming the radical Islamic group Boko Haram from neighboring Nigeria holds them.
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