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Injured. 100–500. Perpetrator. Boko Haram. On 4 November 2011, a series of coordinated shootings and suicide bombings on northern Nigerian cities killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more. A spokesperson for the Sunni Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram later claimed responsibility and promised "more attacks are on the way."
In September 2011 the Nigerian Department of State Security alleged that Mamman Nur was the mastermind behind the attack and offered a ₦26 million (US$160,000) bounty. [5] [6] Also four men appeared in an Abuja magistrates' court charged with organising the bombing, and were remanded in custody to a federal high court hearing.
The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, [ 79 ][ 80 ] when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. [ 54 ][ 81 ] The conflict is taking place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria 's Muslim and Christian communities ...
Website. www.dss.gov.ng. The State Security Service(SSS), self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS), [ 1 ] is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO). The agency is under the Presidency of Nigeria, and it reports its activities direct to the President, office ...
Nigeria's leader said Tuesday that his government will embark on “massive education” of youth as one way to tackle the increasing kidnappings for ransom now threatening the capital city along ...
The May 2011 northern Nigeria bombings happened in several towns in northern Nigeria on 29 May 2011. The blasts happened just a few hours after Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as Nigeria's president. [1] Boko Haram was suspected in the attacks.
23–25 June – June 2014 Kaduna and Abuja attacks – Around 171 people are killed in a series of attacks in Kaduna State and a bombing in Abuja. 26 June – Over 100 militants are killed by the Nigerian military during a raid on two Boko Haram camps. [ 28 ] 28 June – 11 people are killed by a bombing in Bauchi.
December 2011 Nigeria clashes. The December 2011 Nigeria clashes happened in several towns in northern Nigeria in late December 2011, within the context of the Boko Haram insurgency. A major confrontation between suspected Boko Haram members and security forces broke out in the city of Damaturu on 22 December 2011 and continued into the next day.