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Jacob Zenn – Whither the jihad in Nigeria?

Islamist terrorism in Nigeria just goes on and on and on with no end in sight. Borealis talks to Jacob Zenn about just what is happening there

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April 8, 2011: Terrorists bomb Nigerian elections office

On April 8, 2011 a possible Boko Haram bomb blast killed at least six people at the office of Nigeria’s election commission in the central town of Suleja.

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April 5, 2013: Attack on patrol boat in Nigeria

On April 5, 2013 Niger Delta terrorists ambushed a police boat in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, killing 12 police officers.

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February 24, 2012: Boko Haram orchestrates Nigerian prison attack

On February 24, 2012 Boko Haram attacked a police station and prison in the Nigerian city of Gombe, killing four.

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January 31, 2016: Nigerian terrorists carry out bombing in Chad

On January 31, 2016 two attacks by Boko Haram in Chad killed three people and wounded another 56

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November 22, 2015: Female suicide bomber attacks refugees in Nigeria

On November 22, 2015 a 20-year old female suicide bomber disguised as a refugee detonated her load in NE Nigeria, killing 8 and wounding 7.

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November 13, 2018: Boko Haram massacres farmers in Nigeria

On November 13, 2018 Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in Nigeria’s Borno state.

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September 20, 2015: Boko Haram sets off multiple bombs in Nigeria

On this day in 2015, Boko Haram killed at least 80 people and wounded about 150 injured in multiple bomb attacks in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state.

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June 2, 2016: Terrorists behead 74-year-old woman in Nigeria

On June 2, 2016 a 74-year-old woman was “mobbed and extra-judicially murdered” at a market in northern Nigeria

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March 16, 2016: Two female suicide bombers attack mosque in Nigeria

On this day in 2016 two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers