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Mar. 9th (BBC News) - The governor of Nigeria's Plateau state has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack on Sunday near the city of Jos.

Mar. 8th (Al Jazeera) - Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people.

Mar. 7th (BBC News) Scores of people have been reported killed in suspected religious clashes near the central Nigerian city of Jos.

Feb. 1 (Al Jazeera) - Nigeria's main armed group has said it was not directly responsible for the sabotage of an oil pipeline that forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down three pumping stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

Jan. 19th (Al Jazeera) - Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs have broken out again in the capital of central Nigeria's Plateau state, Jos, causing dozens of deaths and forcing police to impose a 24-hour curfew.

ABUJA October 15, 2009 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group ended its three-month old ceasefire on Friday and threatened to resume attacks against Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.

August 13, 2009 (Press TV) - The Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta (MEND) has accused the Nigerian government of deception for demanding 'false' confessions from the militants.

The sudden explosion of violence in northern Nigeria doesn’t bode well for state stability moving forward, especially given the persistence of MEND’s ongoing rebellion in the south.

July 31, 2009 (AFP) - Human rights groups on Thursday called on Nigeria to investigate the killing of an Islamist leader shot dead in military custody after leading an uprising that caused hundreds of deaths.

July 28, 2009 (AFP) - Fresh fighting broke out here Tuesday after Nigerian forces shelled a mosque and the home of the leader of an Islamic fundamentalist sect on the third day of fierce clashes that have killed more than 250 people, witnesses said.