Nigeria

Nigeria

• Kidnapped French sailor rescued by Nigerian troops

  Nigeria's military says its troops have rescued a French sailor kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Togo. Spokesman Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu said ... 

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  Vigilantes target extremists in northeast Nigeria

  Young men armed with machetes and sticks have entered the streets of Nigeria's biggest city in the northeast to target suspected Islamic extremists, ... 

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  Specifics elusive in Nigeria's extremist fight

  Military commanders promised a tour of this northeast Nigeria city, the birthplace of the nation's Islamic extremist insurgency, to show the busy ... 

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  OPEC keeps oil output target at 30 million barrels

  OPEC oil ministers reached quick agreement Friday on keeping output targets steady but deferred solutions on how to deal with surging U.S. shale oil ... 

• Nigeria releases 58 arrested in extremist sweeps

  Nigeria's military and security forces say they've released 58 women and children previously held as suspected fighters in the Islamic insurgency now ... 

• Nigeria lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill

  Nigeria's House of Representatives voted Thursday to ban gay marriage and outlaw any groups actively supporting gay rights, endorsing a measure that ... 

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  AP Interview: Nigeria sees outside extremist help

  Islamic extremists who control portions of northeast Nigeria received anti-aircraft guns and other military-grade weaponry from outside sources, the ... 

• 12 sailors missing when vessel sinks off Nigeria

  An official says 12 sailors are missing after a vessel working on behalf of Chevron Corp. near Nigeria's coast sank. The Jascon 4, a tug boat, went ... 

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  Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip

  Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it ... 

• Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north

  Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. The claim Friday ... 

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  AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

  Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time 

• Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released

  Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic ... 

• Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive

  Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and ... 

• Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city

  Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist ... 

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  Official: Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

  Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, ... 

• Shell: large gas business in Nigeria shut

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has stopped delivering gas to Nigeria LNG, one of the world's largest sellers of liquefied natural gas, due to a ... 

• Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels

  Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign ... 

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  Nigeria president declares state of emergency

  Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the ... 

• 5 crew kidnapped from ship off Nigeria released

  A German ship operator says five crew members kidnapped from one of its ships off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released. The five Polish ... 

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  Nigeria judge: Iranian, colleague smuggled weapons

  An Iranian and his Nigerian accomplice were sentenced to five years in prison Monday over a plot they orchestrated to smuggle a shipment of ... 

• Nigeria military helicopter crashes in oil delta

  A Nigerian military helicopter has crashed in the country's oil-rich southern delta, just days after one of its jets crashed. A statement from ... 

• Attack kills at least 20 Nigeria police officers

  An ethnic militia killed at least 20 police officers who launched a raid to try and arrest them in central Nigeria, a police commissioner said ... 

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  Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency

  At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived ...