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Nigerian soldiers on duty 9 Feb 2012 06:14 Africa/Lagos Nigeria's military obstructs journalists covering unrest NEW YORK, February 9, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Nigeria's military has harassed and obstructed journalists trying to report on unrest in recent days, according to local journalists and news reports. On Sunday in the city of Jos, in Nigeria's north central region, soldiers detained Jeremie Drieu, a videographer with French television station TF1, and local journalist Ahmad Salkida after they sought permission to film in the area, The Associated Press reported. The Nigerian federal government has been enforcing a state of emergency in Jos following bloody clashes between Muslims and Christians that have claimed the lives of at least two journalists, according to CPJ research. Soldiers searched and interrogated the journalists and escorted them to their hotel, where they were forced to pack and leave Jos and Plateau state as night fell, the journal...

Red Cross give first aid to an injured person in northern Nigeria . PARIS, Feb. 2 2012/African Press Organization (APO) / - After the terrible terrorist attacks that hit the city of Kano, France is mobilized to help victims through the delivery of 600 kilograms of medical aid that will to treat people injured in the violence. The terrorist attacks of 20 January in the city of Kano have two hundred dead and several hundred wounded who were evacuated to local health facilities, public and private. Since then, attacks, on a smaller scale, continue to plague the city daily. According to information from the Minister of Health, Government of Kano State, more than two hundred wounded are currently hospitalized in public hospitals of the state. Medical aid, issued today in Kano, will benefit the public hospitals and will follow up with two hundred injured including gunshot wounds, open fractures and burns. We recall the commitment of France in the fight against terrorism and our solidarity wi...

Nigerian Journalist killed in Weekend Terrorist Attacks in Nigeria Enenche Okogwu, a reporter with Channels TV was among over 180 people killed in the latest Boko Haram terrorist attacks last weekend in Kano, Nigeria’s second largest state in the predominantly Islamic northern region. He was on official assignment at the time of the most devastating Boko Haram onslaught since the horrifying Christmas Day attacks in the northern states of Niger, Plateau and Borno where dozens of people were killed and several others left with injuries in suicide bombings targeting the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State and other churches. The serial attacks in Kano destroyed the Zone 1 headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, a police post, a passport office of the Nigerian Immigrations and the overcrowded farm centre and Bompai axis of the busy metropolis. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero wept as President Goodluck Jonathan came to commiserate with him over the harrowing incident ...

Two Nigerian police officers were killed by a mob of Muslims in the Northern state of Kano last Friday. The mob atttacked a police station when a religious riot broke out in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State. The The Times of Nigeria reported that the crisis began from the Government Secondary School, Sumaila, when a Christian student (names withheld), now in hiding, drew a caricature of Prophet Mohammad." More details . Nigeria is largely populated by uncivilized people and the majority are Muslims located in the North. These Muslims should be more concerned about helping the millions of poor Muslims than looking for innocent non-Muslims to lynch over childish and foolish religious arguments. How can a cartoon of their prophet be offensive when none of them knows what Prophet Muhammad looked like? Hello Imams! Can you show me any photograph of Prophet Muhammad? What an uncivilized nation of religious zombies! Nigerian would have made great progress in modern civilizati...

Kano LG Polls - the Inside Story Daily Trust (Abuja) ANALYSIS 25 November 2007 Posted to the web 25 November 2007 By Hassan A. Karofi Kano Last weekend's local government polls in Kano State left traces of violence, destruction and heavy presence of troops, reminding residents of the anarchy that reigned in parts of the state for days during and after the elections. The election was never envisaged to be peaceful. Reason: pre-election campaign tones of the rival political parties dimmed any ray of hope of peaceful polls in the volatile city and across the state. A day to the Saturday, November 17 elections, strange movements of men and materials were noticed, while political party offices soon became munitions depots. The party offices were taken over by weapons-wielding youths, who were publicly smoking marijuana, blowing flutes of hunters-reminiscent of the war period. These election-eve events instilled fear in the minds of residents of the looming danger ahead of the polls. An...

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