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| 'Bomb threat' curtails Nigeria World Cup viewings | 'Bomb threat' curtails Nigeria World Cup viewings |
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| Authorities in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Adamawa have ordered all venues planning to screen live coverage of the football World Cup to close. | Authorities in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Adamawa have ordered all venues planning to screen live coverage of the football World Cup to close. |
| They say they have received intelligence of planned bomb attacks during the competition, which opens in Brazil on Thursday. | They say they have received intelligence of planned bomb attacks during the competition, which opens in Brazil on Thursday. |
| Adamawa is one of the states badly affected by Islamist violence. | Adamawa is one of the states badly affected by Islamist violence. |
| Open-air viewing centres - where people pay to watch live football - are popular throughout Nigeria. | |
| "Our action is not to stop Nigerians... watching the World Cup. It is to protect their lives," Brig-Gen Nicholas Rogers was quoted by the AFP agency as saying on Wednesday in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. | "Our action is not to stop Nigerians... watching the World Cup. It is to protect their lives," Brig-Gen Nicholas Rogers was quoted by the AFP agency as saying on Wednesday in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. |
| The state has often been targeted by Boko Haram Islamist militants. | The state has often been targeted by Boko Haram Islamist militants. |
| On 1 June at least 14 people were killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in Adamawa. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but Boko Haram were the main suspects. | On 1 June at least 14 people were killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in Adamawa. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but Boko Haram were the main suspects. |
| The state is one of three in Nigeria that have been placed under emergency rule because of the Boko Haram insurgency. | The state is one of three in Nigeria that have been placed under emergency rule because of the Boko Haram insurgency. |
| Many people were also killed in two explosions blamed on Boko Haram while watching football in a video hall in the north-eastern town of Maiduguri in March. | Many people were also killed in two explosions blamed on Boko Haram while watching football in a video hall in the north-eastern town of Maiduguri in March. |
| Correspondents say many fans have no means other than the viewing centres to watch the Nigerian team - or Super Eagles - in action. The team is tipped by pundits to be one of Africa's star performers at the World Cup. | Correspondents say many fans have no means other than the viewing centres to watch the Nigerian team - or Super Eagles - in action. The team is tipped by pundits to be one of Africa's star performers at the World Cup. |
| Boko Haram has come under the international spotlight after it recently abducted more than 200 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. | Boko Haram has come under the international spotlight after it recently abducted more than 200 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. |
| Efforts to locate the girls have so far drawn a blank. | Efforts to locate the girls have so far drawn a blank. |
| On Thursday the British government is due to host a ministerial meeting in London about northern Nigeria's security, following on from a summit in Paris last month in which the best ways to subdue the Boko Haram militant group were discussed. | On Thursday the British government is due to host a ministerial meeting in London about northern Nigeria's security, following on from a summit in Paris last month in which the best ways to subdue the Boko Haram militant group were discussed. |
| The Nigerian team's first World Cup match in Brazil is against Iran on 16 June. | The Nigerian team's first World Cup match in Brazil is against Iran on 16 June. |
| They then play Bosnia-Hercegovina and finish their Group F campaign against Argentina as they attempt to reach the last 16, as they did in 1994 and 1998. | They then play Bosnia-Hercegovina and finish their Group F campaign against Argentina as they attempt to reach the last 16, as they did in 1994 and 1998. |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |
| Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau | Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau |
| Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram | Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram |