Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 18:57
Nigeria`s militant section of Boko Haram clashed with security forces on Friday near the quarters of lawmakers in the capital Abuja.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 16:54
Suspected Islamist insurgents have killed 44 people in a village in northeast Nigeria by slitting their throats, officials said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 08:56
Nigeria`s military on Thursday approved the restoration of phone services in a northeastern state where troops are pursuing Islamist insurgents, signalling an improving security situation there.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 09:24
A military commander today on Wednesday that soldiers had since last week killed more than 100 attackers responsible for a deadly raid in ethnically divided central Nigeria.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 22:45
Mobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers to the region to fight Islamic extremists.
Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 11:05
Nigeria`s biggest opposition party Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging it with an All Progressives Congress (APC) with the intention of defeating the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in future elections.
Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 00:23
A Briton who was kidnapped in Nigeria`s commercial capital of Lagos last week has been released.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 22:44
Nigerian military on Sunday killed 20 members of radical Islamist militant group Boko Haram as it repelled their attack on Army barracks in the northeastern state of Borno.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 19:01
In a pre-dawn attack, unknown assailants killed three South Korean doctors in Nigeria`s northern state of Robe, police said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013, 23:29
UN Women head Michelle Bachelet demanded punishment for culprits of the gangrape-cum-murder of a Delhi girl, saying a strong message must be sent that violence against women will not be accepted.
Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 23:53
Dana Air`s Abuja-Lagos flight had crashed on June 3 near the international airport in the West African country`s commercial capital of Lagos.
Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 00:42
Nigeria’s domestic airline resumed flights on Thursday, seven months after one of its planes crashed, killing at least 163 people.
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