Nigeria Gunfire

Explosions and gunfire rocked the north Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, in a suspected Boko Haram attack that targeted police, residents told AFP.

Officials said that at least 24 people were killed in a northeast Nigerian city following a night where explosions and gunfire echoed throughout the area after an apparent attack by a radical Islamist sect.

Explosions and gunfire could be heard on Friday night across a city in north-east Nigeria previously targeted by a radical Islamist sect, as authorities in another city blame its members for killing five people leaving a mosque

Explosions and gunfire rocked the north Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, in a suspected Boko Haram attack that targeted police, residents told AFP.

Officials said that at least 24 people were killed in a northeast Nigerian city following a night where explosions and gunfire echoed throughout the area after an apparent attack by a radical Islamist sect.

Explosions and gunfire could be heard on Friday night across a city in north-east Nigeria previously targeted by a radical Islamist sect, as authorities in another city blame its members for killing five people leaving a mosque