20120623 AFP Nigerian security forces sought to restore calm in parts of the country's north Thursday after fresh clashes rocked an area already under curfew following days of violence that killed 106 people.
20120623 AFP Nigeria's Khalid al-Barnawi, labeled a "global terrorist" by the US government Thursday, is alleged to be an Al Qaeda-linked militant with Boko Haram ties involved in kidnapping foreigners.
20120619 AP KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians.
20120620 AFP Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man according to Forbes magazine, was Tuesday reinstated as president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the position from which he was removed two years ago.
20120620 AFP A fresh outbreak of unrest rocked parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, with 95 people killed in three days of violence and the country's main Christian body evoking a "religious cleansing."
20120620 AFP The European Union condemned on Tuesday suicide attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria and reprisals against Muslims, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
20120613 Press TV Armed robbers have invaded two villages in northern Nigeria, slitting some villagers' throats and shooting others, leaving at least 27 people dead.
20120613 AFP The head of Nigeria's stock exchange regulator has been suspended from her post, its board announced Tuesday, weeks after she publicly clashed with politicians over corruption allegations.
20120612 AP KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A local government official says armed robbers in north Nigeria killed 27 people while attacking villages preparing for a local market day.
20120612 AFP Nigerian police have freed international footballer Christian Obodo unhurt during a raid, a day after gunmen kidnapped him in front of a church and demanded a ransom, a spokesman said Monday.
20120611 AFP A suicide bomber blew his car up outside a church and gunmen opened fire on another service in Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people and wounding dozens in attacks claimed by Boko Haram.
20120611 AFP LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Kidnappers in Nigeria have demanded $187,500 from the family of midfielder Christian Obodo, a player for Italy's Udinese football club abducted in the country's oil-rich southern delta, police said Sunday.
20120610 AFP Gunmen in Nigeria's troubled north killed two policemen and two civilians wounded in the separate attacks died later, witnesses said onSaturday.
20120609 AP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up his car just outside the police headquarters in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing eight people, a Nigerian Red Cross report said Friday amid warnings that the situation in the city is worsening.
20120609 AP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up his car outside police headquarters Friday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing himself and six other people and wounding 20, the Nigerian Red Cross said amid warnings that the situation in the city is worsening.
20120609 AP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber has attacked police headquarters in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing six people, a hospital official said Friday amid warnings that the situation in the city is worsening.
20120609 AP MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber has attacked their headquarters in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing three.
20120609 AFP A bomb killed one person early Friday in the northern city of Maiduguri where Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried out series of deadly attacks, the army and residents said.
20120608 AFP A suicide blast at the police headquarters in Nigeria's restive city of Maiduguri Friday killed at least two policemen and wounded six other people, authorities and witnesses said.
20120606 AFP Gunfire and explosions erupted in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday as soldiers moved into an area where members of Islamist group Boko Haram were believed to be hiding, residents said.
