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Bauchi prison break
There were 759 inmates. 721 prisoners were freed. Over thirty prisoners returned to the prison. Only thirty-five prisoners have been re-arrested. Some of the jail was set on fire and five people were killed and six people were in a hospital. The goal of the whole attack was to free the 150 Muslim fundamentalists held there. Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/7989251/Islamist-gunmen-free-732-prisoners-in-deadly-attack-on-Nigerian-jail.html -
Abuja Attack
It was a bomb attack on a barracks on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria. Four civilians were killed, including a pregnant woman, and 26 were injured. The attack was the second in Abuja in three months. Source: http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article832114.ece/Barracks-bomb-claims-4-on-New-Years-Eve -
Northern Nigeria bombings
At the Zuba International Market in Abuja, bombings killed two people and injuring 11 others. Three blasts also struck the Mammy Market in Bauchi, near the headquarters of Nigeria's 33rd Artillery Brigade. Thirteen died and 40 were injured. Two bombs also went off in Zaria, seriously injuring four. Another explosion targeted a military vehicle. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2011_northern_Nigeria_bombings -
Abuja Police Headquarters Bombing
This event was believed to be the first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history. A suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the Louis Edet House in Abuja, the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force. He may have been trying to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim, whose convoy he followed into the compound, but he was stopped by security before he could do so. A policeman and the bomber were killed. Source: http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/9659-two-die-in-a -
Abuja United Nations Bombing
A car bomb explosion in Abuja's UN building that killed at least 21 and wounded 73. At about 11:00 WAT in the diplomatic zone in the centre of the city the car bomb vehicle broke through two security barriers. Then its driver detonated the bomb after crashing it into the UN reception area. The bomb caused devastation to the building's lower floors. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/africa/29nigeria.html?_r=0 -
Damaturu attacks
Damaturu is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. They were a series of coordinated assaults here that killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more. After the attack on the building, armed men went through Damaturu, blowing up a bank and attacking at least three police stations and five churches, leaving behind their rubble. Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/20111169858380467.html -
Christmas Day Church Bombings
Two bomb attacks on churches in Nigeria during Christmas Day services left at least 30 people dead. The first explosion ripped through St Theresa Catholic Church in Madala on the outskirts of the capital Abuja. Source: http://news.sky.com/story/911716/militants-claim-christmas-day-church-bombings -
Christians Targetted in Northeast Nigeria
Attacks in towns in four states in northeastern Nigeria have left at least 37 people dead and hundreds of Christians are fleeing to the south, according to residents and a Red Cross official. Armed gunmen had targetted church congregations and a group of mourners in a church hall. Source: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/christians-flee-attacks-in-northeast-nigeria/ -
Bombings in Kano
The death toll from a series of terror attacks had risen to 185, as police discover a further 10 unexploded car bombs, and hundreds of smaller explosives. In addition to the unexploded car bombs, police officers also found about 300 devices made from aluminium cans and other explosives. Of those killed, 150 were civilians, 29 were police officers. Three secret police officers, two immigration officials and a customs officer are also dead. Source: http://news.sky.com/story/919739/nigeria-more-bom -
Gunmen Kill 46 Students in Mubi
Students of other schools attacked were from the School of Health Technology and the Adamawa State University, all in Mubi. It was confirmed that 26 students of the polytechnic were among the casualties, while the others were students of the two other institutions. Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201210030021.html
