Nigeria
Plane with 20 on board crash-lands in Lagos after takeoff, 8 dead
Egypt
October 3, 2013
Plane with 20 on board crash-lands in Lagos after takeoff, 8 dead
A plane with 20 people on board suffered engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff in Lagos and crash-landed near an…
Nigerian army says Boko Haram leader may be dead
World
August 20, 2013
Nigerian army says Boko Haram leader may be dead
The leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds some weeks after a…
World famous Egyptian surgeon heads to Ethiopia
Egypt
July 13, 2013
World famous Egyptian surgeon heads to Ethiopia
Magdi Yacoub, the renowned British-Egyptian heart surgeon, has left Cairo for Addis Ababa to practice cardiac surgery, German news agency…
US offers $23 mn for AQIM, Boko Haram bosses
World
June 4, 2013
US offers $23 mn for AQIM, Boko Haram bosses
In an unprecedented move, the United States on Monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down…
Nigeria to probe army after battle with Islamists
Egypt
April 23, 2013
Nigeria to probe army after battle with Islamists
Nigeria is to investigate its army's conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed nearly 200…
Nigerian passenger allegedly commits suicide at Cairo airport
Egypt
March 22, 2013
Nigerian passenger allegedly commits suicide at Cairo airport
A Nigerian passenger died after he fell from the top of the arrival hall at Cairo International Airport Thursday evening.…
Nigerian villagers sue Shell in landmark pollution case
Environment
October 12, 2012
Nigerian villagers sue Shell in landmark pollution case
Four Nigerian villagers took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Thursday in a landmark pollution case that campaigners said could…
Saudi denies entry to some 1,000 Nigerian women for Hajj
World
September 26, 2012
Saudi denies entry to some 1,000 Nigerian women for Hajj
AFP — Saudi Arabia has denied entry to some 1,000 Nigerian woman seeking to visit for Hajj because they were…
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’
World
August 27, 2012
Nigeria in talks with Islamists via ‘back channels’
ABUJA — Nigeria's government is reaching out to radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, talking with some of its members via…
Gunmen kill three in Nigeria mosque attack
World
August 8, 2012
Gunmen kill three in Nigeria mosque attack
ABUJA — Gunmen killed three people in an attack on a mosque in the Nigerian town of Okene on Tuesday,…