 Man armed with grenades arrested at Nigeria state radio
 21.05.2012 20:44  0 views  0 comments
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ABUJA (Reuters) - A man armed with grenades and several rounds of ammunition was stopped as he tried to enter a government building in the capital Abuja where two ministers were giving a news conference on Monday, a government security officer said. "We arrested him with black bags containing three hand grenades and 37 live munitions. We snatched the bag from him at the gate as he was entering the compound," Akindele James, security officer in charge of the building, told Reuters. "We handed him over to police. ... Czytaj więcej »
| Pressure grows to list Nigerian militants as terrorists
21.05.2012 18:05 0 views 0 comments
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(Reuters) - Congress is stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to formally designate the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, which has alleged al Qaeda links, as a "foreign terrorist organization." Scott Brown, a Republican senator from Massachusetts, wrote Secretary of State Hillary Clinton late last week urging her to designate the group, an Islamist sect that has been linked to 700 killings in Nigeria over the last 18 months, as a terrorist organization under U.S. law. Then, on Sunday, U.S. ... Czytaj więcej »
| Man armed with grenades arrested at Nigeria state radio
21.05.2012 14:34 0 views 0 comments
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ABUJA (Reuters) - A man armed with grenades and several rounds of ammunition was stopped as he tried to enter a government building in the capital Abuja where two ministers were giving a news conference on Monday, a government security officer said. "We arrested him with black bags containing three hand grenades and 37 live munitions. We snatched the bag from him at the gate as he was entering the compound at the gate," Akindele James, security officer in charge of the building, told Reuters. "We handed him over to police. ... Czytaj więcej »
| Nigeria "robbers" accidentally blow up own bus
17.05.2012 14:36 0 views 0 comments
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PORT HARCOURT (Reuters) - A suspected armed robber was killed when explosives his gang was transporting accidentally went off in the centre of Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, police said. The blast ripped through a minibus carrying at least three suspected robbers, four AK-47 rifles and a large amount of ammunition, Rivers State Police Commissioner Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa told Reuters. Two people in the bus and a woman who was nearby were injured in the explosion, he added. ... Czytaj więcej »
| West African nations to send troops to Bissau in days
14.05.2012 20:22 0 views 0 comments
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ABUJA (Reuters) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS will deploy troops to Guinea Bissau by Friday to oversee reform of the local army and a gradual one-year transition to civilian rule after an April 12 coup, Nigeria said on Monday. But the move was denounced by Guinea Bissau's main political party PAIGC, which wants an immediate return to civilian rule and accused ECOWAS of giving legitimacy to the coup leaders. ... Czytaj więcej »
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