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Nigeria’s terrorism challenge: It ain’t over yet!

Why the West African nation of Nigeria is faced with a serious terrorism problem that it seems unable to defeat.

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January 6, 2014 | Massacre in Nigeria

On January 6, 2014, a massacre took place in a village in Nigeria’s Plateau State. Thirty-three people were slaughtered by men wielding guns and machetes.

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Suicide bombing in Nigeria – December 16, 2015

On this day in 2015, four female suicide bombers were killed at a checkpoint in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state after one of them detonated her explosives.

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Today in Terrorism: November 25, 2014 – Suicide bombing in Nigeria

On this day in 2014, two girls detonated bombs at a market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 78 people.

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Today in Terrorism: 4 November 2011, Boko Haram attacks in Damaturu

On this day in 2011, Nigerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram carried out one of its largest attacks: more than 100 dead.