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Female suicide bombers kill 58 in Nigerian refugee camp
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 58 at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria, emergency...
Blast at Nigerian market kills more than 30, Boko Haram suspected
More than 30 people were killed Tuesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu...
Dozens killed in double suicide bomb attack on worshippers in mosque
At least 30 people have been killed in twin suicide bomb attacks on a mosque in Nigeria.
Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks
Three girls staged suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing at least 13 people as residents prepared for the Eid festival at...
30 killed in northeast Nigeria by 2 girl suicide bombers
Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.
Deadly violence hits northeast as Nigeria president starts term
A suicide bombing killed 26 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hours after Boko Haram launched a separate...
Community leaders: Nigerian troops kill dozens of civilians
Community leaders and residents accused Nigerian troops on Sunday of killing dozens of civilians and razing homes to avenge the deaths of six soldiers. Traditional...
First group of rescued women brought to safety in Nigeria
The first group of nearly 300 Nigerian girls and women released from Boko Haram were brought by the military to the safety of a refugee camp in the country’s...
Nigeria: 1st group of released females brought to safety
The first group of nearly 300 Nigerian girls and women released from Boko Haram were brought by the military to the safety of a refugee camp in the country’s...
More women and children freed in Nigeria from extremists
Scores more women and children have been rescued from Islamic extremists in the remote Sambisa Forest, Nigeria’s military said amid reports that...
Nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram, Nigeria says
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation...
Pesticide the likely cause of Nigeria ‘mystery disease’
The “current hypothesis is cause of the event is herbicides”, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in a Tweet.
‘Mysterious’ disease that kills within 24 hours leaves 18 dead in Nigeria
A “mysterious disease” has claimed the lives of up to 18 people in Nigeria, the government has revealed.
Nigerians vote for state governors and assemblies as tensions rise in south
Nigerians were on Saturday voting to choose new state governors and local assemblies, with the main opposition party tipped to build on its victory in...
Muhammadu Buhari claims poll victory in Nigeria as opposition cries foul
Nigeria’s main opposition on Tuesday claimed victory in the country’s tense general election as former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari pulled...
Cliffhanger in Nigeria as presidential election remains ‘too close to call’
In a cliffhanger of an election, early returns from half the states showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu...
Cliffhanger in Nigeria as presidential election remains ‘too close to call’
In a cliffhanger of an election, early returns from half the states showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu...
Cliffhanger in early results for presidential election in oil-rich Nigeria
In a cliffhanger of an election, early returns Monday night from half the states showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator...
Counting continues while election tensions prompt protests, curfew in Nigeria
Nigeria’s electoral commission began counting votes in hotly contested presidential elections Monday as the United States and Britain warned that...
Divided Nigeria city awaits results of tense presidential vote
Nigeria counted ballots in a closely fought general election Sunday after failures in controversial new technology pushed voting into a second day, with...
Boko Haram advance on northern city as Nigerians go to the polls
Suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked polling stations and destroyed election material in two northeastern towns, police said as Nigerians continued...
Boko Haram kills 41, prevents hundreds voting in Nigeria
Boko Haram extremists killed 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people from polling stations but millions voted across Nigeria Saturday...
Nigeria votes in election amid Boko Haram violence
Nigeria has extended voting to Sunday after problems occurred as millions turned out Saturday to vote in a presidential election that analysts say is too...
Millions in Nigeria go to the polls as voting extended to Sunday after glitches
Nigerians have now until Sunday to vote in a presidential election that experts say is too close to call between President Goodluck Jonathan and former...
Amnesty warns on ‘seriously alarming’ Nigeria oil spills
Amnesty International said two major oil companies operating in Nigeria reported a combined 553 oil spills in 2014, a figure that qualifies as a national...
Suicide bombers kill at least 26 across north Nigeria
Suicide bombers struck two bus stations in different parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people in attacks President Goodluck Jonathan...
Girl suicide bomber kills five, wounds dozens in northeast Nigeria
A young girl with explosives strapped to her killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in the northeast Nigerian...
Nigerian military claims recapture of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram on Saturday, the military said, a significant...
Nigeria rocked by multiple attacks in north and south
Two suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria killed at least 38 people Tuesday, after Boko Haram razed a town and as violence raged across the embattled region...
Amid Boko Haram attacks, Nigeria vote ‘will not be postponed further’
Islamist Boko Haram insurgents from Nigeria bombed a Niger border town and carried out attacks in neighbouring Cameroon, kidnapping a bus full of passengers,...
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