… though many in the faiths live peacefully with each other and intermarry in Africa's most populous nation. ___ Associated Press reporters Haruna Umar in Maiduguri, Nigeria and Jon Gambrell in Lagos, Nigeria contributed to this report.

… gunmen in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's northeast where Boko Haram once had its main mosque. ___ Associated Press writers Haruna Umar in Maiduguri, Nigeria and Jon Gambrell and Yinka Ibukun in Lagos, Nigeria contributed to this report.

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… the north, fueling resentment against the government and the West in the oil-rich nation. ___ Associated Press writer Haruna Umar in Maiduguri, Nigeria contributed to this report. ___ Jon Gambrell reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and can be reached …

… We're turning it around like the way it is in the Quran." ___ Associated Press writer Maamoun Yousssef in Cairo and Haruna Umar in Maiduguri, Nigeria contributed to this report. ___ Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellap …

… shocked residents of Sokoto, including Shehu Aliyu , 34, who runs a blacksmith shop near ..... center. "Sokoto is a quiet place," Aliyu said in the Hausa language of Nigeria's ..... Adisa Bolanta and a spokesman for Gov. Aliyu Wamakko declined to comment Saturday …