http://www.mail.com/locations/211612-kano.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/211612-kano.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989296-nigerian-military-soldiers-raid-home-14-killed.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says soldiers have attacked a home believed to harbor Islamic extremists, an assault that killed 14 people. Capt. Ikedichi Iweha told journalists Sunday that soldiers attacked the home in the northern city of Kano after a car fled a military checkpoint. Iweha said soldiers found weapons and a car loaded with explosi... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989296-nigerian-military-soldiers-raid-home-14-killed.html 2013-03-31T13:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964524-nigeria-suicide-car-bomb-death-toll-rises-to-41.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — At least 41 people died in a suicide car bomb that struck a bus station in a Christian neighborhood in Kano, northern Nigeria's busiest commercial center, in the most deadly attack in nine months that is blamed on Islamic extremists, an official said Tuesday. The blast increased tensions in this divided West African nation. At least 4... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:08:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964524-nigeria-suicide-car-bomb-death-toll-rises-to-41.html 2013-03-19T20:08:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963662-16-killed-northern-nigeria-explosion.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — At least 16 people were killed in an explosion that hit a bus station in Kano in northern Nigeria, a medic said Monday in the latest violence to hit this West African nation. The medic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said at least 16 dead and dozens more injured people were brou... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:40:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963662-16-killed-northern-nigeria-explosion.html 2013-03-19T01:40:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962730-french-hostages-held-nigerian-sect-video.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb. 19 in northern Cameroon. The video's audio airs a man's voice that identifies himself as Tanguy Moulin-Fournier. He says that his family is being held by the Islamic radical sect kno... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1962730-french-hostages-held-nigerian-sect-video.html 2013-03-19T00:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1897542-police-7-foreigners-kidnapped-north-nigeria.html BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy, Lebanon and the Philippines, authorities said Sunday, in the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack by Islamic extremists. The attack Saturday night happened in Jama'... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:52:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1897542-police-7-foreigners-kidnapped-north-nigeria.html 2013-02-17T19:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1885486-2-nigeria-journalists-charged-polio-killings.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Police in northern Nigeria arrested and charged two radio journalists and a local cleric alleged to have sparked the killings of at least nine women gunned down while trying to administer polio vaccines, officials said Tuesday. Police claimed their on-air comments about a vaccination campaign in the area inflamed the region and caused the attacks. ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1885486-2-nigeria-journalists-charged-polio-killings.html 2013-02-12T18:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1883466-health-worker-killings-north-nigeria-dangers.html POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — North Korean doctors hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers. Women vaccinating children against polio gunned down in the street. A top Islamic cleric, whose predecessors once served as ultimate rulers in the region, nearly killed in an ambush. These recent attacks in northern Nigeria show the changing tactics of Islamic ext... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1883466-health-worker-killings-north-nigeria-dangers.html 2013-02-11T21:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881100-attackers-kill-3-north-korean-doctors-nigeria.html POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a nation under assault by a radical Islamic sect, officials said Sunday. The deaths Saturday night of the doctors in Potiskum, a town in Yobe state long under attack by the sect known as ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881100-attackers-kill-3-north-korean-doctors-nigeria.html 2013-02-10T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1877202-gunmen-kill-nigeria-women-polio-vaccines.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic sect shot and killed at least nine women who were taking part in a polio vaccination drive in northern Nigeria on Friday, highlighting the religious tensions surrounding the inoculation of children in one of the few nations where the disease still remains endemic. The attack shocked r... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1877202-gunmen-kill-nigeria-women-polio-vaccines.html 2013-02-08T18:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840780-3-beheaded-5-killed-northeast-nigeria.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say suspected fighters from a radical Islamist sect beheaded three people in a northeastern Nigerian city where gunfire has echoed through the street. The violence happened Wednesday in Maiduguri and appeared to be the work of the sect known as Boko Haram. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said three people had been beheaded in an ea... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840780-3-beheaded-5-killed-northeast-nigeria.html 2013-01-23T16:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832142-attack-nigerias-northwest-kills-3.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A witness and official say that gunmen attacked the convoy of a religious leader in Nigeria's northwest, killing at least three people. The witness said gunmen on Saturday shot sporadically at the convoy for the Emir of Kano Ado Bayero, but that he was not injured in the attack. The witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fea... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832142-attack-nigerias-northwest-kills-3.html 2013-01-19T16:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802602-7-killed-7-wounded-northwest-nigeria-attacks.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says suspected armed robbers terrorizing northwest Nigeria raided three villages there, killing at least seven people and wounding seven more. Zamfara state Information Commissioner Ibrahim Birnin Magaji said Sunday that the attacks focused on the villages of Akuzo, Makera and Usu in the rural region. Magaji said... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802602-7-killed-7-wounded-northwest-nigeria-attacks.html 2013-01-06T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783416-2-bombers-target-mobile-phone-firms-nigeria.html KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, blacking out a top operator's network in most of Nigeria's northern commercial hub. A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into the facilities of the Nigerian subsidiary of Bharti Airtel... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783416-2-bombers-target-mobile-phone-firms-nigeria.html 2012-12-22T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1781896-nigeria-railroad-project-connects-2-major-cities.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has rebuilt and reopened railroad tracks connecting Lagos, its commercial heartbeat in the south, to Kano, its largest city in the north, in a $166 milllion project meant to revive the railway system of Africa's most populous country. Minister of Transport Idris Umar described the new route as a "vital start-off" for the econ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1781896-nigeria-railroad-project-connects-2-major-cities.html 2012-12-22T14:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of the African desert. Those depicted in this video don't come from long-lawless Somalia, nor from al-Qaida North Africa branch. These extremists are from Boko Haram, the Islamist group in N... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744582-islamist-sect-nigeria-grows-deadly.html 2012-12-05T09:21:00Z