Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 14:46
No headway has yet been made into the probe on the death of Nigerian 17-year-old footballer Auro Azendu Joel, who was found dead in a juvenile home in Tripura three days ago, officials said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 07:23
Nigeria`s troops have killed over 50 Islamists and destroyed more than 20 vehicles during a massive hunt for fleeing Boko Haram insurgents who attacked an army barracks in a restive northeastern town, a spokesman said.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 16:44
Fighters from Nigeria`s Boko Haram Islamist sect armed with anti-aircraft guns and grenade launchers attacked barracks in the volatile northeast and battled soldiers for several hours, the military said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 16:55
At least 22 people were killed in an attack by gunmen who entered a business place in Mubi area of Nigeria`s Adamawa state.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 20:17
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to nearly four years by a court here for his complicity in a 1.5 million-pound phishing scam that targeted 238 victims, including UK students.
Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 12:14
The state has investment potential in agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and hospitality, minerals, fisheries, energy, maritime industry and shipping, light manufacturing and infrastructure.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:31
"I don`t know what stopped the water from filling that room. I was calling on God. He did it. It was a miracle."
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 10:16
Boko Haram militants launched a daring raid on the military in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, prompting a round-the-clock curfew that shut airspace and cut off roads, the Army, state government and eyewitnesses said.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:40
A private firm that monitors extremists says a splinter group of the Nigerian extremist network Boko Haram has criticised the larger group for September attacks that killed over 140 people.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 16:29
Nigerian troops said that they had killed nine suspected members of Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram in a gunfight in the country`s northeast.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 22:35
The State Department has designated two Nigerian militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organisations to help US and other law enforcement agencies investigate and prosecute suspects associated with the two extremist networks.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 10:25
Goa Police has arrested the second accused in connection with the murder of a Nigerian national.
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