“Nigeria” on The Daily Caller

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — The death toll from weekend violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 Monday after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked mostly Christian villages, officials said. (more)

On the highway leading to Johannesburg, Bruce Ngema* pointed to the city’s skyline and asked, “What’s it like in New York City?” We were driving in from the south side, where the highway is flanked by huge yellow hills made of sand dumped from the gold mines that built the city. Joburg now has more skyscrapers than any place in Africa, so I explained, “It’s like this, but with even more buildings.” (more)

Wole Soyinka, the first African winner of the prize, claimed the Nigerian student who tried to blow himself up over Detroit on Christmas Day, was radicalised during his time at University College London. (more)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has blamed failings by Nigerian leaders for increasing “radicalization” among young Nigerians. (more)

Awalu Mohamed was one of the first to arrive in the mining village of Kuru Karama to discover burned human remains and corpses thrown into communal wells and sewage pits. (more)

The Nigerian army says it has regained control of the city of Jos, where fighting between Muslims and Christians in recent days has left scores dead. (more)

At least 149 people have been killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say. (more)

At least 149 people have been killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say. (more)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health officials are reporting the first swine flu-related death in the West African country. (more)

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Religious violence between Christians and Muslims in northern Nigeria has erupted again after fighting earlier in the week left at least 27 people dead. (more)

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Red Cross says violence between Christians and Muslims in the city of Jos in northern Nigeria has displaced 5,000 people and left 69 others injured. (more)

Last week the White House listed 14 countries whose nationals were deemed dangerous enough to require extra scrutiny when they travel to and within the United States. Flying in America with a Nigerian or Yemeni passport has never been easy, and now thanks to Umar Abdulmutallab, Nigerians and Yemenis are supposed to put up with a crotch-intensive frisking as well. (more)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court is holding a hearing over three lawsuits challenging the Nigerian president’s long absence abroad. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The would-be Christmas Day bomber boarded his flight in Amsterdam to frigid Detroit with no coat — perhaps the final warning sign that went unnoticed leading up to what could have been a catastrophic terrorist attack, lawmakers were told. (more)

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s hospitalized president, Umaru Yar’Adua, gave a radio interview from Saudi Arabia early Tuesday as protesters planned to descend on the West African nation’s capital to demand an end to a growing constitutional crisis over his long absence. (more)

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Chevron Corp. oil pipeline in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta, causing an unknown amount of damage, a government spokesman said Saturday. (more)

The post-mortem on the attempted airline terrorist attack on December 25, 2009, demonstrates the importance of continually honing and refining U.S. intelligence capabilities and systems to meet ongoing terrorist threats. President Obama should ensure that American domestic and foreign intelligence agencies as well as U.S. military, diplomats, and domestic law enforcement agencies remain on a war footing in order to prevent future terrorist catastrophes. (more)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A leading member of the Nigerian House of Representatives says it will take up the long absence of the country’s ill president. (more)

A look at key events surrounding the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. President Barack Obama announced steps Thursday aimed at avoiding the security lapses that allowed the alleged attacker, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on board with explosives. (more)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s attorney general says the man accused of trying to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner went through a proper security screening at the country’s busiest airport. (more)