Lagos uses beach polo to hook investors to `Dubai of Africa`

Last Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2015, 16:45

Porsches and Jaguars are parked in the sand while businessmen and their partners, in high heels and hats, sit in the sheltered grandstands, glass of champagne in hand.

Nigeria market attack displaced 2,000: Relief agency

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 03:39

More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram militants that killed at least 52, a relief agency said.

Nigerian gunmen attack toll reaches 85

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 07:22

The number of people killed in the Sunday`s gunmen attack in Nigerian state of Borno reached 85, after more bodies were found, an official said.

Attacks by extremists kill about 75 Nigerians

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 03:24

Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village in one state and a church in another in Nigeria`s northeast, killing about 75 people and razing hundreds of homes, officials and witnesses said.

Gunmen kill 22 in Nigeria church attack: Witnesses

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:03

Assailants armed with guns and explosives killed 22 people in at a busy church service in a northeast Nigerian village, witnesses said on Monday, in a region where Islamist sect Boko Haram is resisting a military crackdown.

Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 03:31

Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.

Gunmen kill 18 in northeast Nigeria village attack

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:03

Villagers say suspected Islamist extremists have attacked several farming settlements in Nigeria`s northeast Borno state this week, killing 18 people and razing homes.

Thousands flee fresh Nigeria clashes: UN

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:31

Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria`s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents, the UN`s refugee agency said on Friday.

15 dead, hundreds flee Nigeria homes after attacks

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 02:16

Villagers and police say that more than 15 people have died in attacks by militants in northeast Nigerian villages and hundreds have fled their homes for safety.

Six killed in gunbattle in north Nigeria, say witnesses

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 06:43

Witnesses say at least six people were killed in a fierce gunbattle between suspected Islamic extremists and security forces in Nigeria`s northeast.

Nigeria violence: Police confirm 19 dead in Maiduguri market blast

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 07:07

A total of 19 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market blamed on Boko Haram militants, police in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, have said.