Nigeria’s major Islamic group has said that the military has summarily executed Muslims across the country on the pretext of counter-terrorism.

Seven job seekers have died and dozens of others injured in a stampede during a Nigerian government recruitment event in the capital, Abuja.

Local Nigerian government officials say gunmen have killed some 100 people in three villages in the central part of the country.

The Nigerian military says it has repelled an attack against the country’s main army barracks in the country’s north, where anti-government fighters are held.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a forensic audit of the national oil company following allegations by Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi that $20 billion had gone missing.

The death toll in twin car bomb blasts in a marketplace in Nigeria’s troubled northeast has risen to at least 51 people, local sources say.

Nigerian soldiers have killed 13 suspected members of Boko Haram.

Suspected members of the militant group Boko Haram have attacked a boarding school in Nigeria overnight, killing dozens of students.

A Nigerian court has issued an order forbidding security agencies from arresting Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi.

The Nigerian government says the country’s forces are winning the war against the militant group Boko Haram in the northeast, dismissing suggestions regarding the insurgents’ gains.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the country’s military service chiefs to make extra efforts to root out Boko Haram militants in the nation’s northeast.

Scores of Boko Haram militants have been killed in ground and air raids in the northeast of the country, a Nigerian military official says.

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack by members of the militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria.

The Nigerian army says it has killed nine suspected members of extremist militant group Boko Haram in the northeast of the country.

Clashes between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram militants have claimed the lives of at least two Nigerian security forces and five gunmen, an official report says.

The Nigerian Senate has approved a request by the country's president to extend emergency rule in the restive northeast for another six months.

Amnesty International says Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell has repeatedly manipulated investigations into the cause of oil spills in Nigeria to avoid liability.

The Nigerian army says it has killed seven suspected Boko Haram militants during an operation in the Bama area of the northeastern Borno State.

At least 40 people have been killed in two separate attacks by members of the militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria since last week, a government official says.

The Nigerian Health Ministry says cholera outbreak has hit the country, killing at least 75 people.