Content of these weeks: 1. Mubi massacre 2. Boko Haram 3. The ...

Montreal Institute forGenocide and Human Rights StudiesNigeria: Domestic MediaMonitoring ReportTomáš Kopečný – MIGS Media Monitor for Nigeria30 th September – 14 th October 20121. Mubi massacre2. Boko Haram3. The North4. Other (Bakassi, Niger Delta)State-owned media:Content of these weeks:1. Mubi massacreMatthew Onah and Segun Awofadeji: Gunmen kill 46 students in MubiThis Day website on 3 October During the Independence Day celebration, Islamist students massacred at least 46people, mostly university students in Mubi in Adamawa state. This comes after major

successes of the JTF against the terror group, when one of its commanders was killedin Mubi and another 156 soldiers including four top unit commanders were arrested inthe last month.In the last two weeks, a 24-hour curfew was imposed on the town of Mubi due torising security threats.Three people were killed in Bauchi state during revenge attacks between Zwall andZango communities.Private-owned media:Francis Okeke and Abdulwasiu Hassan: Mass exodus from Mubi after gunmen kill scores ofstudentsDaily Trust website on 2 OctoberAfter the mass killing of students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, both students and staffstarted to move out of the city. As a result of the mass exodus, there were not enoughvehicles and so some had to walk 20km to get cars and bus ferries from the next town.Emmanuel Ande: Gunmen go on rampage, kill 48 students in AdamawaThe Guardian website on 3 OctoberNo fewer than 48 students were killed in Mubi by suspected Boko Haram members. Alarge number of students was brought into lines and forced to identify themselves.After that, some were executed, including Muslims as well as Christians.Hamza Idris: Scores Arrested Over Mubi KillingsDaily Trust website on 4 OctoberMore than 100 suspects were arrested over the Mubi massacre of students.Kingsley Omonobi: Mubi killings: Police nab alleged mastermindsVanguard website on 10 OctoberAfter allegations that the massacre of about 46 students in Mubi, Vanguard can“authoritatively” that the attack was perpetrated by Boko Haram members, mostlystudents as well.All the 46 victims were either “the new leadership of the Students Union that wereelected the previous week or those that voted to elect the new leadership of the union”.The attack was masterminded by four students belonging to the opposition during theelection.Foreign-based media:

Nigeria says Boko Haram not to blame for student hostel deathsAl Jazeera on 3 OctoberMubi lifted an overnight curfew after at least 25 students were killed. In a recent shift,the authorities claimed that the attack was a result of “a local rivalry between studentgroups” and not part of Boko Haram terror.2. Boko HaramState-owned media:Aisha Wakaso: JTF kills Boko Haram chief, 30 others in YobeThis Day website on 8 OctoberThe Joint Task Force killed 30 suspected Boko Haram members, including theterrorists' field commander, in Yobe state. Ten others were arrested.Private-owned media:Isa Sa'idu: JTF kills suspected Boko Haram member in ZariaDaily Trust website on 2 OctoberThe Joint Task Force killed one member of Boko Haram and captured another one in araid on the group’s hideout in Zaria state.Boko Haram declares war on govt officials' wives, othersVanguard website on 2 OctoberIn a Hausa language video posted on YouTube, Boko Haram leader called for a waron Northern leaders, government officials and their families. He also accused media ofspreading disinformation about the group’s willingness to negotiate with the federalgovernment.Nigeria kills suspected Boko Haram suspect in Kaduna StateDaily Trust website on 2 OctoberThe JTF killed a suspected member of Boko Haram and arrested in another one inZaria. The JTF spokesman then said that they are “on top of the situation”.Saxone Akhaine, Adamu Abuh and Njadvara: Gunmen Kill 20 in Borno; Police Arrest Two inKaduna; 'Gun Ownership for all is Solution to Terrorism'

The Guardian website on 3 OctoberAfter twenty people were shot dead in Borno state, human rights groups called forunlimited gun ownership. They see it as a necessary move to tackle “disgruntledelements in the society”.Njavara Musa: JTF, Gunmen Clash in YobeThe Guardian website on 6 OctoberThe Yobe state capital, Damaturu, witnessed another clash between the JTF and BokoHaram gunmen. Three of the group’s gunmen were arrested, with help of localresidents.Lawal Ibrahim: Gunmen Attack Army Commandant's House in GombeDaily Trust website on 9 OctoberThe official residence of Nigerian army commandant came under attack by unknowngunmen. No one was killed.Njadvara Musa: Boko Haram: Borno Elders, Gov Shettima Feud Over JTFThe Guardian website on 13 OctoberHigh-level figures united in the Borno Elders Forum oppose the Joint Task Forcedeployment in their state. The troops are struggling to tackle Boko Haram in theregion. The most of the group’s victims come from Borno and Yobe states.Nevertheless, the state governor insisted on the federal army’s presence.3. The NorthState-owned media:Wole Ayodele: Bomb Blast Kills 3 in JalingoThis Day website on 5 OctoberThree people died as a bomb exploded in Jalingo, Taraba state capital. Another 12 arestill in a critical condition in a hospital. No one claimed responsibility so far.Ibrahim Shuaibu: Gunmen Kill Two FRSC Officers, Injure One in KanoThis Day website on 10 OctoberTwo Federal Road Safety Commission police officers were killed while on patrol dutyin Kano.

Private-owned media:Hamza Idris and Yahaya Ibrahim: Seven Soldiers, 30 Others Killed in MaiduguriDaily Trust website on 9 OctoberMore than 30 civilians and insurgents were killed in Maiduguri during what somedescribe as a berserk rampage of security forces after an army lieutenant and six otherswere killed by a bomb. The angry soldiers set ablaze over 100 houses and shops andaround 35 vehicles.Hamza Idris and Yahaya Ibrahim: JTF says no extra-judicial killings in MaiduguriDaily Trust website on 10 OctoberThe Joint Task Force spokesman denied that its men “went on killing and burningspree”. He confirmed that one officer and two soldiers were killed by a bomb, andadded that another civilian was killed by the explosion. It was allegedly also the bombthat caused the huge fire in Maiduguri.However, a worker at the local hospital that 32 bodies were collected after beingdropped off by a truck.Taye Obateru: Gunmen Kill 14 in Renewed Attack on PlateauVanguard website on 11 OctoberSuspected Fulani herdsmen killed 14 people in three villages in Plateau state. This isanother part of the long-term series of reprisals in the area.Isa Abdulsalami: Gunmen Kill Five in PlateauThe Guardian website on 13 OctoberFive people died after gunmen launched two separate attacks on two villages inPlateau state. Local residents accused Fulani herdsmen of the attack.Foreign-based media:Gunmen kill 20 worshipers at Nigeria mosqueQatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 14 OctoberWhen returning from a Friday prayer, around 20 people were shot dead by unknowngunmen in a remote village in Kaduna state.Attackers of mosque in Nigeria likely to have been criminal gang not terroristsAljazeera.net website on 14 October

According to a local traditional ruler, the attack on a Mosque in Kaduna state waslikely perpetrated by a criminal gang rather than Boko Haram.4. Other (Bakassi, Niger Delta)State-owned media:Jude Okwe: Cameroun, Nigerian Border Communities To Form Republic of AmbazoniaThis Day website on 12 OctoberNigerian border communities joined forces with their counterparts in Cameroon toform the Republic of Ambazonia, in spite of the federal government’s refusal toappeal the judgment of the ICJ.Private-owned media:Soni Daniel: Bakassi: FG To consider appeal as Jonathan summons emergency meeting todayVanguard website on 3 OctoberPresident Jonathan summoned “a crucial meeting” of top government officials todiscuss whether to appeal against the ICJ ruling giving the oil-rich Bakaasi peninsulato Cameroon. This comes a week after the Senate unanimously passed a resolutionmandating the President to appeal against the ICJ ruling.Nigeria bases its new position on the fact that “there has never been a precedent inhistory where any case of this nature was executed without a referendum as enshrinedby the United Nations”. Furthermore, native Bakassis held a protest in Abuja callingfor the Federal government to react.Soni Daniel and Ikechukwu Nnochiri: Bakassi Appeal: Top Govt Officials Move To DefyJonathanVanguard website on 6 OctoberTop government officials expressed disagreement with reviewing the ICJ ruling overBakassi peninsula.Ademola Adebayo: Senate condemns Uniport killingsDaily Trust website on 9 OctoberNigeria’s senate condemned the killing of four students of the University of Port-Harcourt in Rivers state. Only a week after the Mubi massacre, a bomb exploded inanother university compound.