Nigeria Boko Haram spokesman arrested, victims buried

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's secret service arrested the purported spokesman for Islamist militant sect Boko Haram on Wednesday, a group that has claimed responsibility for a string of deadly bombings and gun attacks, a secret service source told Reuters. A swat team stormed the dwelling of the man known as 'Abu Qaqa' in the northern city of Kaduna in the early hours of the morning and found him ...

SPECIAL REPORT:Nigeria's Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At about 10.40 one morning last August, Mohammed Abul Barra rammed his ash-coloured station wagon into a security gate outside the United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, knocking it off its hinges. Barra's 1996 Honda Accord then crashed through the main building's glass doors and slammed against the reception desk. On security tapes of the ...

Nigeria secret police: Sect spokesman arrested

The purported spokesman for a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings in recent weeks in Nigeria has been arrested, an official with the country's secret police said Wednesday.

Tears, neatly dug graves at bombed Nigeria church

A Catholic church in Nigeria still in mourning after a Christmas Day bombing by a radical Islamist sect buried its dead Wednesday amid wails of grief and under the watch of security agencies that still fear more violence.

Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria's Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings in Nigeria's remote northeastern Borno state in the past two days, the local military field operations officer said on Tuesday. "Two Airforce personnel and two civilians were shot dead in Gomari ward, another was shot dead at the market today while the sixth person was shot ...

Nigeria to sell 149.27 bln naira in Treasury bills

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria plans to auction treasury bills worth 149.27 billion naira at its regular debt auction next week, the central bank said on Thursday. The regulator said it would sell 49.27 billion naira in 91-day paper and 50 billion naira each in 182-day treasury bills and 364-day bills next Wednesday, using the Dutch auction system. "Each bid must be in multiples of 1,000 naira ...

Nigeria secret police: Spokesman for radical Islamist sect Boko Haram arrested

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - The purported spokesman for a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings in recent weeks in Nigeria has been arrested, an official with the country's secret police said Wednesday.

Nigeria leaves key rate at 12 pct as expected

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate on hold at 12 percent on Tuesday, saying it expects any upward impact on inflation from removing fuel import subsidies to be short-term. All but one of nine analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected rates to remain at 12 percent. Nigeria partly removed subsidies for petrol this month, increasing the pump price to 97 naira ...

Source: Nigeria police arrest militant group's spokesman

The spokesman for Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has been captured after a months-long surveillance operation, a spokesman for Nigerian police said Wednesday.

Nigeria dictator's top aide sentenced to death

A federal judge in Nigeria on Monday sentenced to death the feared right-hand man to Nigeria's former military dictator over the 1996 killing of an opposition candidate's wife.