Police say the unclaimed attack was carried out on a convoy transporting workers to Shell oil and gas project, killing seven people. Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police say. No group claimed …
Read More »Twitter removes Nigerian president’s ‘abusive’ civil war post
Twitter removed on Wednesday a post by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings. The social media firm said Buhari’s tweet, referring to the 1967-70 civil war in the southeastern Biafra region that killed 1 million people, violated its “abusive behaviour” policy …
Read More »Nigeria’s president threatens rebels amid rising violence in southeast
People who promote insurrection in Nigeria face a “rude shock”, its president warned on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a fierce crackdown on rising violence in the southeast that has included arson attacks on police stations and electoral offices. Security forces are already grappling with criminal gangs in the northwest …
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