<span style="color: #222222;">More than 1,800 inmates escaped from a Nigeria prison after an attack by gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, explosives and rifles. The attackers used explosives to blast the administrative block of the prison in the southeastern town of Owerri and enter the prison yard. Owerri is about 400km southeast of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos.<br />'' <br />'' Several police stations have been attacked in southeastern Nigeria since January, with large amounts of ammunition stolen since January. No groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks.</span>