Tag: Nigeria

A pipeline in south western Nigeria has caught fire and exploded in an incident believed to be caused by thieves seeking to steal petrol,...

Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of two mobile phone operators on Saturday in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, killing themselves but no...

Pakistan High Commissioner designate to Nigeria, Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Ashraf Saleem, called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at the Prime Minister House. The...

The governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state was killed in a helicopter crash in the southern delta region along with other senior officials, Nigerian media...

The mother of Nigerian Finance Minister and former World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been kidnapped from her home in the country’s south,...

Asim Hussain Advisor to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources has said that the Government of Pakistan has provided friendly opportunities to...

President Asif Ali Zardari has offered Nigeria to take benefit of Pakistan's expertise in textile and enter into joint ventures to revive its textile...

The death toll from a massacre in a student housing area in northeast Nigeria that saw attackers shoot victims and slit their throats has...

Gunmen massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area of northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, calling victims out by name before shooting them...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed his government would work to harness the huge potential of the oil-rich country, which remains dogged by...

A bomb blast and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic boarding school in northern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving two of the alleged attackers...

A suicide bomber who tried to ram an explosives-packed car into a church in Nigeria on Sunday killed a woman and a child while...

Thousands of Muslims marched in the Nigerian city of Zaria and burnt US and Israeli flags on Thursday to protest a US-made anti-Islam movie...

The US embassy in Nigeria on Thursday warned Americans about the threat of attacks by extremist groups following the violence in Libya and Egypt,...

Gunmen have opened fire on an evangelical church during a service in central Nigeria, killing the pastor and at least 18 worshippers while injuring...

Gunmen attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, killing two Nigerian sailors and kidnapping four...

Nigerian soldiers have arrested 26 alleged members of Islamist group Boko Haram and killed two others in a raid after an attack that left...