Nigeria
Nigerian tribunal adjourns asset declaration case against senate president
World
March 13, 2016
Nigerian tribunal adjourns asset declaration case against senate president
A tribunal considering false asset declaration charges leveled at Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki, the third most powerful person in…
Floating school in Lagos lagoon brings hope to Nigerian slum-on-stilts
Life & Style
March 5, 2016
Floating school in Lagos lagoon brings hope to Nigerian slum-on-stilts
Makoko, a vast slum of houses on stilts in a Lagos lagoon, now boasts a new school — pyramid-shaped, floating…
Nigeria faces new rift over alleged Shi’ite massacre
World
February 11, 2016
Nigeria faces new rift over alleged Shi’ite massacre
Piles of rubble are all that remain of the residence of Nigeria's most prominent Shi'ite Muslim leader after it was…
Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria: officials
World
February 11, 2016
Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria: officials
Two female suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a camp for people displaced by an insurgency of the…
Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials
World
February 1, 2016
Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children…
Scores feared dead in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
World
January 31, 2016
Scores feared dead in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Scores of people were feared killed when Boko Haram Islamists attacked a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast…
Nine killed in Nigeria gas plant blast: spokesman
World
December 27, 2015
Nine killed in Nigeria gas plant blast: spokesman
Nine people were killed and three others remain in critical condition after a huge Christmas Eve blast at an industrial…
Nigeria: 49 Boko Haram killed in gun battles, says army
World
December 18, 2015
Nigeria: 49 Boko Haram killed in gun battles, says army
At least 49 Boko Haram militia have been killed in two days of sustained battle with Nigeria’s military in northeast…
Boko Haram claims suicide attack on Shiite Muslims in Nigeria
World
November 28, 2015
Boko Haram claims suicide attack on Shiite Muslims in Nigeria
Boko Haram on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shi'ite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city…
Boko Haram militants kill 15 in southern Niger: sources
World
November 26, 2015
Boko Haram militants kill 15 in southern Niger: sources
Boko Haram militants attacked a village in Niger's southern border area of Diffa on Thursday, killing 15 people, two security…