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A terrorist bomb attack at the St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State killed about 19 Christian worshipers and injured several others Sunday morning of Christmas Day. Over 81 people were killed on Christmas Eve when the Boko Haram Islamic terrorists clashed with Nigerian soldiers and police officers in Damaturu, Yobe State. Other terrorist attacks have been reported from Potiskum, a Local Government Area in Yobe State and Maiduguri in Borno State. Photographs of the Christmas Day terrorist bomb attack on St. Theresa's Catholic Church from Nairaland . Islamic terrorists in the volatile northern regions warned of attacking churches on Christmas Day. But the government failed once again to provide adequate security for Christian churches in the northern states dominated by Muslims and where hundreds have been killed by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect. Tweet

27 Oct 2011 14:54 Africa/Lagos Nigeria Newspaper Bureau Chief Harassed / IPI Concerned about Reported Treatment of Daily Times Journalist VIENNA, October 27, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Abuja bureau chief of the Nigerian Daily Times was harassed by police officers in the capital Abuja on Wednesday, the newspaper reported on its website. Michaela Moye was reportedly filming the demolition of “illegal” buildings when she was chased from the scene by members of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), the Daily Times said. A policemen reportedly said she could not take pictures because the press had not been invited to cover the demolition. “Walahi, if I get you I will beat you up and break both that camera and your teeth for talking to me like that,” one police man was quoted by the Daily Times as saying. Moye was rescued by passers-by, the paper reported. The article linked to a 10-second YouTube video of Moye arguing with police. IPI Press Freedom Manager Anth...

Nigerian Police Officers on duty It is Time for Psychological Services for families and Survivors of line-of-duty Police Deaths The nation currently has a Police Force with no specialized training in professional psychological services nor does it have a system for trauma therapy and grief counseling /psychological outfit for grieving families. The recent revelation that four hundred police officers lost their lives in the line of duty last year, within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja tells us that more and more trauma deaths of officers remain rampant across all of the states. On a physical level, the nation lacks a system of life insurance policies for close family members and survivors. There is no Police Health Plan with a package for trauma therapy for families of deceased officers. The traumatically injured officers lack a system-based insurance or long term financial plans to cover their hospital bills and other basic needs. The reported N500, 000 presented to survivors is...

26 Aug 2011 16:47 Africa/Lagos USA / Nigeria / Attack on the United Nations in Nigeria WASHINGTON, August 26, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Attack on the United Nations in Nigeria Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC August 26, 2011 The United States strongly condemns today's terrorist attack on United Nations offices in Abuja, Nigeria. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who were killed and injured. There is no justification for this violence. These individuals were working to promote peace, expand opportunity and build a safer and more prosperous nation. The United Nations has been working side by side with Nigeria for more than five decades and the United States strongly supports its efforts. Vicious terrorist attacks such as these only strengthen our resolve and commitment to the work of the United Nations and the people of Nigeria. Source: US Department...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Friday's car bomb attack on UN offices in Abuja, Nigeria. The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attack. Latest News UPDATE 7-At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria UN HQ 17:20 GMT WAfrica Crude-High premiums slow US, Indian buying 17:06 GMT Obama condems attack on UN in Nigeria as "horrific" 16:53 GMT UPDATE 1-Nigeria pipeline fire impact on export limited-source 16:35 GMT Nigerian interbank rates up despite budget flow 15:59 GMT Nigeria pipeline fire has limited impact on exports-source 15:37 GMT Shell restarts Nigeria gas plant after pipeline leak 15:26 GMT Nigerian president boosts security after bomb at UN 15:05 GM...

Boko Haram terrorism threats chased away Nigerian Christian preacher Pastor Sunday Igbaloju Peters from his home and church in northern Nigeria. NEWS REPORT Boko Haram terrorism threats has chased away a Christian Nigerian preacher, Pastor Sunday Igbaloju Peters from his base in Bauchi, Bauchi State on the basis of assassination crusade and threats by Boko Haram sect to eliminate him anywhere in the country according to the police investigation report. Barrister Chima Obinna in Bauchi stated that the said pastor is currently seeking asylum in a European country. Boko Haram a terrorist organization has carried out series of attacks and bombings in the country including Abuja, Nigeria's capital city in the recent months. Nigerians are said to now be living in perpetual fear of falling victim to the spate of bombings, assassinations, kidnappings and other acts of terrorism in the country. According to the preliminary police report, pastor peters' problem with the sect started on 8...

Boko Haram Terrorism Threats in Nigeria AK2011130700138. ANALYSIS Dr. Deji James, Human Rights Group: writing from Abuja, it is emphatic that the Boko Haram issue is far from being just a ‘northern’ phenomenon, but nationwide crisis. One of the greatest challenges President Goodluck Jonathan's administration faces is the growing insecurity across the country. Nigerians are said to now be living in perpetual fear of falling victim to the spate of bombings, assassinations, kidnappings and other acts of terrorism in the country. Boko Haram, in its fifth straight day of violence, overran a police station in Toro Council in Bauchi State and carted off arms and ammunition. Elsewhere, a heavy explosion followed by bursts of sporadic gunfire hit Maiduguri, where the Islamic fundamentalists have also been waging a campaign of terror. The Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities of Nigeria (CENN) has said the nefarious operations of the Boko Haram sect must be considered as an act of war and terro...

Nigeria: Boko Haram Terrorism Threats: Police Headquarters Bombing and our security I must confess that I am neither surprised by the brazen attack on the headquarters of the Nigeria Police, the almighty Louis Edet House in Abuja, by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, nor by the reaction of President Goodluck Jonathan. Why? I was in Maiduguri and Bauchi August for over a week in 2009 after the Boko Haram attacks that set Borno and Bauchi States ablaze, literally. The level of destruction was unprecedented. I visited the prison and police stations that were sacked. I went to the police college where senior police officers on course were slaughtered while sleeping. I saw churches that were bombed. I went to the sect’s headquarters located at the Maiduguri Railway Terminus Areas (MRTA) that had been destroyed and taken over by security men. I was told of the atrocities committed in that very compound and shown what was alleged to be the killing chamber of the sect’s leader, Ustaz Moh...

20 Jun 2011 16:50 Africa/Lagos Canada Condemns Terrorist Bombing in Nigeria OTTAWA, June 20, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- John Baird, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, today issued the following statement regarding the terrorist bombings in Nigeria yesterday: “Canada strongly condemns the terrorist bombings in Nigeria on June 16. “The bombing of the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja was a cowardly and despicable act. It is a direct attack on the right of the people of Nigeria to live in safety and peace. “On behalf of all Canadians, I offer my sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. “Canadians stand together with the Nigerian people in deploring this act of terrorism. We will continue to assist the people and government of Nigeria as they strive to improve security and consolidate the gains it has made in democracy and the rule of law.” The blast was heard at the High Commission for Canada, b...

The Nigerian radical Islamist sect Boko Haam claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on the Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja (FCT) on Thursday, June 16, 2011. The following are reports of it from the Huffington Post . Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing Jun 18, 2011 ... LAGOS, Nigeria — The radical Muslim sect has shot police officials and clerics from atop motorcycles, torched churches and even freed ... www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110618/af-nigeria-vio... - 1 hour ago Nigeria Explosion Hits Police Headquarters In Abuja Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside police headquarters in Nigeria's capital Thursday, an emergency ... www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/nigeria-explosion-abuja_n_87796... Blast at police headquarters in Nigeria capital Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside polic...

It was a very calm Sunday as President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn-in at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, witnessed by thousands at the venue and millions of others followed the event on TV and the internet. There is relative peace in the Niger Delta as the former militants are now fully engaged in the Amnesty programme of the government, but the terrorist Islamist sect Boko Haram is still attacking and killing innocent citizens in Borno State. President Goodluck Jonathan should do his best to prove to Nigerians that he can lead without the interference of his discredited political godfathers like his former boss, the disgraced former state governor of Bayelsa State Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who was indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for corruption and former President Olusegun Obasanjo who has done more harm than good to Nigerians. Mr. Jonathan does not need their excess political baggage in his mission to reform and transform the m...

Professor Amos Claudius Sawyer April 14, 2011 11:22 ET Professor Amos Sawyer arrives Abuja to lead ECOWAS observers to Nigeria's presidential election ABUJA, April 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The former President of the Interim Government of Liberia and Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria's 16th April 2011 presidential polls, Professor Amos Sawyer , has arrived Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to lead 300 regional observers who are being deployed to the six geo-political zones of the country to observe the election. Members of the Mission include ECOWAS Ambassadors, representatives of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, representatives of civil society organizations, the ECOWAS Parliament and Court of Justice, electoral experts as well as representatives of electoral commissions from the 15 Member States. Professor Sawyer who will be joined on Election Day by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, was part of the...

31 Mar 2011 17:57 Africa/Lagos Contemporary masters in Abuja ROME, March 31, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The festivities in Nigeria for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification began on 21 March with the opening in Abuja of a contemporary art exhibition: 30 works by Angelo Bellobono, Filippo Centenari, Fabrizio Cervelli, Stefania Fabrizi, Adriano Nardi and Davide Eron Salvadei, using both traditional techniques such as oil on canvas and innovative media on aluminium and plexiglass. The exhibition was mounted by Marta Boeri and Marinù Paduano's M&M Contemporary Art, and was made possible through the sponsorship of ENI (through the Nigerian Agip Oil Company – NAOC) and a contribution from the construction firm Stabilini. A reception at the embassy followed the opening, whose guests included the Minister for Women's Affairs and Minister of State for Energy of the Federal Nigerian Government. Also present were the ENI executive for Sub-Sahar...