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Nigerian troops claims success against Boko Haram insurgents

Nigeria`a military said they have recorded successes in their fight against insurgents by arresting ...

Nigeria offensive: 14 insurgents, 3 soldiers killed

Nigeria`s military says its offensive against insurgents in the country`s restive northeast has kill...

24-hour curfew in Nigeria city in military push

Nigeria`s military has declared a 24-hour curfew in several neighbourhoods of a northeastern city as...

Dozens of militants killed by Nigerian military air raids

Nigerian military pounded the camps of Islamic militant group Boko Haram`s strongholds across the no...

Dozens killed in Nigerian military strike against Boko Haram

Dozens of people were killed in a military strike launched by Nigerian Army since Thursday night in ...

Nigeria military shells camps, kills 21: Official

Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military ac...

Mobile phone service off in northeast Nigeria

Mobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers ...

Nigeria police uncover second `baby factory` in a week

Nigerian police on Wednesday said they had found six pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house and...

`Unlike India, China not helping Nigeria stop fake drugs`

China is not assisting in the fight against counterfeit medicines even though the influx has been ma...

Nigeria President declares state of emergency

Nigeria`s president declared a state of emergency today across in the nation`s troubled northeast, p...

Nigeria extremists say they kidnap women, children

An Islamic extremist group in Nigeria has said it is kidnapping women and children as part of its bl...

Ambush in northern Nigeria kills 30 policemen

Boko Haram has been a major terrorist group in Nigeria which has killed thousands through suicide at...

Nigeria town attacked by Boko Haram, 56 killed

At least 56 people, including 13 militants of radical Islamic sect Boko Haram, were killed when the ...

10 killed in Nigeria church, market attack: Police

Police say at least 10 people have been killed in an attack in northeast Nigeria that targeted a chu...

39 killed in Nigeria violence

At least 39 people have been killed in Nigeria`s northern state of Taraba as clashes broke out betw...

Nigerian ethnic clashes claim 24 lives

At least 24 people were killed during an ethnic violence that engulfed remote town of Wukari in Nige...

Satellite images suggest destruction in Nigerian town

US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released satellite images that suggest Nigerian troops carried...

Pirates kidnap five foreign sailors off Nigeria coast

Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria`s southern coast and kidnapped five foreign sailors, includ...

17 killed in northern Nigeria violence

At least 17 people, including ten militants, have been killed in fighting between members of the rad...

17 killed in northern Nigeria violence: Official

A military official says at least 17 people have been killed in fighting between Islamic extremists ...

Nigerian held at airport for not declaring USD

As per rule, passengers carrying above USD 5,000 have to give declaration before the authorities.

Five sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast: Watchdog

An anti-piracy watchdog says five sailors have been kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria`s oil-rich so...

Seven Nigerians, one Burmese arrested for drug smuggling

With 7 Nigerians, 1 Burmese woman`s arrest Delhi Police claimed to smash an international drug, fake...

At least 7 killed in new Nigeria attack, says Military

Nigeria`s military says at least seven people have been killed in a shootout between soldiers and Is...

Boko Haram is giving nightmares to Nigeria

Boko Haram, a Nigerian rebel group which battled the military over the weekend and left 185 people d...

Nigerian police to get nine choppers

Nigerian police will get nine helicopters later this month, an official said.

`Dozens` killed in Nigeria gun battles

Dozens of people have been killed in fierce fighting between Nigeria`s military and suspected Islami...

Nigeria fighting kills 185 in state of Borno

Fighting which started between the military and Islamic insurgents in Nigeria`s northern state of Bo...

Nigeria`s biggest Oppn party votes in favour of merger

Nigeria`s biggest opposition party Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging it with an All...

Violence in central Nigeria villages kills 10

Leaders in two villages in central Nigeria say at least 10 people have been killed in attacks betwee...

Militant group threatens to attack mosques in Nigeria

Boko Haram says it wants to create and Islamic caliphate in northern part of Nigeria and has killed ...

Nigerian national among four arrested with drugs

Four men, including a Nigerian, were arrested in separate incidents in the capital for allegedly pos...

Boko Haram rejects Nigeria`s peace effort

Boko Haram carries out frequent attacks on police stations and other public institutions in the nort...

Nine killed by Boko Haram militants in shootout in Nigeria

Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram militants stormed a police station in northeast Nigeria`s Yobe stat...

Eleven bodies of slain policemen recovered in Nigeria

MEND is one of the several groups that have carried out attacks in the Niger Delta, claiming the reg...

Nigeria Islamist leader rejects idea of amnesty deal

Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan has formed a panel to look at the possibility of offering an a...

Militant group claims killing 15 cops in Nigeria`s south

A statement purportedly by militant group MEND has claimed an attack on security forces in Nigeria`s...

Ambush on police in Nigeria`s oil-rich south leaves 12 missing

Twelve police officers have been declared missing after some militants ambushed them in the oil-rich...

Gunmen kill 11 in northern Nigeria

Eleven people have been killed in a house-to-house raid by gunmen in Nigeria`s northern state of Ada...

36 killed in Nigeria road accident

At least 36 people were killed when a bus collided with an oil tanker that exploded as a result of t...

Bus-tanker collision in Nigeria; 36 killed

At least 36 people have been killed in a bus-tanker collision in the southwest Nigeria, officials sa...

Attacks in northern Nigeria kill 19

Nineteen people have been killed over the weekend in northern Nigeria where gunmen attacked two vill...

19 killed in attacks in northern Nigeria

Nineteen people were killed over the weekend in Nigeria`s northern state of Kaduna where gunmen atta...

Soldiers battle with extremist in Nigeria; 15 dead

Nigerian soldiers raided a hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern state of Kano...

Attacks leave more than 50 dead in central Nigeria

Attacks on villages surrounding a central Nigerian city at the heart of unrest between Christians an...

Kidnapped British businessman released in Nigeria

A Briton who was kidnapped in Nigeria`s commercial capital of Lagos last week has been released.

Gunmen attack villages in northern Nigeria, 28 killed

At least 28 people have been killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria`s northern state ...

Kidnapped Nigerian woman journalist freed

A Nigerian woman journalist who was kidnapped by gunmen has been released unhurt by her captors and ...

Gunmen storm Nigerian jail, 127 prisoners escape

Unidentified gunmen stormed a prison in Ganye city in Nigeria`s northern state of Adamawa and freed ...

Attacks in northern Nigeria kill 25

At least 25 people have been killed in coordinated attacks by unidentified men armed with machine gu...

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