Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 00:05
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead seven people and injured five more in a weekend attack on a wedding party in northeastern Nigeria, police said Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 19:04
Witnesses say suspected Islamic militants killed 12 civilians in weekend attacks on two Christian villages in Muslim-dominated northeast Nigeria.
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: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 05:34
Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan is challenging a prominent critic to prove allegations of corruption and that he is training a death squad to kill enemies.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:49
Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese factory owner in Nigeria`s second city of Kano on Monday in an attack that left two employees wounded by gunfire, police and witnesses said.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 16:02
Envoys from the United States and from African powerhouse Nigeria will fly into Juba on Sunday, part of intense diplomatic efforts to avert all-out civil war in South Sudan, an official said.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 01:16
Two foreign nationals along with their accomplice, a 19-year-old girl, were arrested for alleged abduction of a man here, police said on Saturday.
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: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 01:11
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound, the army and residents 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: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 05:09
At least 22 people were burnt to death in Nigeria Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in crashed and caught fire in Takai town of northwestern Kano state, Xinhua reported.
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.
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