Tag: Nigeria

Nigerian officials and clerics said peace prayers in Kano Monday after a wave of bomb-and-gun attacks claimed by Islamists left more than 160 dead...

Gun battles and coordinated bomb attacks targeting security forces have spread chaos in Nigeria’s second-largest city Kano, with some 162 people reported dead in...

Gangs set up burning roadblocks, police fired tear gas and businesses shut in Nigeria Tuesday, the second day of a national strike that has...

Gunmen have attacked a police station in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, killing a teenage girl and wounding an officer in the first such incident...

At least 50 people were killed in clashes between two neighbouring communities in Nigeria’s southeastern Ebonyi state, a government spokesman said Sunday. “Upwards of 50...

At least 50 people were killed on Saturday following clashes between two neighbouring communities in Nigeria's southeastern Ebonyi state, a government spokesman said. "An upward...

An explosion and gunfire rocked an area near a mosque and market in northeastern Nigeria late Friday, killing four people, residents said, but the...

The bomb exploded as Esther Ibu walked out of the church, her five-month-old son in her arms, the power of the blast throwing her...

Two explosions near churches during Christmas Day services in Nigeria, including one outside the country’s capital, killed at least 28 people amid spiralling violence...

Gunmen boarded two fishing vessels just off the coast of Nigeria and took two people hostage, security sources said on Saturday, the latest in...

Bomb and gun attacks targetting police stations and churches in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu left at least 63 people dead and some...

Nigerian authorities have made a number of arrests in connection with last week's suicide bombing of UN headquarters in the country's capital, but police...

The UN’s deputy chief met Nigeria’s president Sunday after vowing a renewed fight against terrorism in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at...

A bomb rocked the UN building in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, killing a number of people, leaving others trapped and causing heavy...

Two of the early favorites in the Under-20 World Cup came through as expected with Spain and Nigeria picking up victories on Sunday as...

Gunmen raided a police station in northern Nigeria and killed several officers late on Monday, witnesses said, less than a week after an Islamist...

Pakistan polo team has made a lasting impression on the participants of the World Cup Zone D Playoffs 2011 being played in Malaysia by...