New Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future

KANO, Nigeria—An accountant of the Alren Construction Co. stood nervously on a bloodstained street days after Islamic militants killed at least 186 people here in a wave of car-bombings and armed attacks.

The company recently bought a house next to a police barracks, presuming it safe for expatriate staffers. But on Jan. 20, the day of the citywide attack, teenage militants rammed an explosives-laden car through the barrack gates. Gunmen commandeered the company's guard post, killing three people. At the nearby Farm Centre Police Division, insurgents lobbed bombs made from satchels and soda cans. Police fled and 60 rebel prisoners went free.       Read More