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: 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: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 19:03
Nigeria is fighting an Islamic uprising by Boko Haram based mainly in the northeast, where the government has declared a state of emergency.
Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 23:59
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Boko Haram is a key suspect.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 17:36
Suicide car bombers attacked the offices of a Nigerian subsidiary of Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel in the volatile city of Kano besides that of South African firm MTN, killing at least four.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 10:53
The accident occurred on the Potiskum-Kano road in Yobe state when two buses coming from opposite sides had a head on collision.
Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 10:13
The Boko Haram group`s official name is Jama`atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda`awati wal-Jihad.
Last Updated: Monday, July 30, 2012, 20:10
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks but Boko Haram has carried out several attacks in northern Nigeria recently.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 11:16
They were arrested for their involvement in illegal textile trade, and for taking jobs that belonged to local Nigerians, said the chief of the immigration department in Kano.
Last Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 16:11
A witness said the blast could have been targeting the police commissioner who drove past shortly before.
Last Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 10:39
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the attacks bore similarities to others carried by Boko Haram.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 14:44
The attackers targeted an old section of Bayero University`s campus where religious groups use a theater to hold worship services.
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