Nigeria

Nigeria

• 18 killed in northeast Nigeria military raid

  Nigerian soldiers attacked training camps for suspected members of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram deep in a game reserve in the nation's restive ... 

• Correction: Nigeria-Plane Graveyard story

  In a story Feb. 2 about Nigeria dismantling abandoned airplanes at airports around the country, The Associated Press reported erroneously what ... 

• 5 killed in separate attacks in north Nigeria

  Authorities say at least five police officers have been killed in separate attacks in northern Nigeria. Gunmen raided Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna state ... 

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  Dutch court rejects most of Shell spill case

  A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning ... 

• Peace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence

  A self-proclaimed commander of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram said Monday that a cease-fire by the group would be imminent in northern Nigeria, ... 

• 5 Indian sailors held hostage in Nigeria are freed

  Five Indian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta and held captive for more than a month have been released by their abductors, a ... 

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  Nigerian who fought in Burma in WWII remembered

  At 16, Isaac Fadoyebo ran away from his home in southwest Nigeria and signed up to fight for Britain in World War II, a decision made from youthful ... 

• 3 beheaded, 5 others killed in northeast Nigeria

  Officials say suspected fighters from a radical Islamist sect beheaded three people in a northeastern Nigerian city where gunfire has echoed through ... 

• New pipeline attack shows Nigeria unrest spreads

  Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and fire danced across the fuel-slicked waters surrounding the Nigerian pipeline, another attacked and ... 

• 18 killed in northeast Nigeria market attack

  A deputy governor in Nigeria says 18 people were killed in an attack on a local market there. Borno state deputy Gov. Zanna Mustapha said Tuesday he ... 

• Officials: Pirates seize oil tanker in Ivory Coast

  Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its precise ... 

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  S. Africa: Nigerian suspect in 2010 bombing guilty

  A South African court on Monday said a Nigerian terror suspect was guilty of masterminding twin car bombings during a celebration in Nigeria. 

• Attack in Nigeria's northwest kills at least 3

  A witness and official say that gunmen attacked the convoy of a religious leader in Nigeria's northwest, killing at least three people. The witness ... 

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  Africa forces' role in Mali faces diverse snags

  West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots ... 

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  First batch of Nigerian troops off to Mali

  A top Nigerian military officer says that Mali's Islamist extremist rebels trained Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorists. Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike ... 

• AP Interview: UN chief says Mali getting more help

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that France, Senegal and Nigeria have responded to an appeal from Mali's president for help to counter an ... 

• Italy: 4 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed

  Italy's foreign minister says three Italian shipmen and one Ukrainian kidnapped Dec. 23 off Nigeria's coast have been freed. Minister Giulio Terzi ... 

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  Massive fire rips through slum in Nigeria megacity

  A massive fire tore through a waterfront slum in Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Tuesday, burning down dozens of shack workshops and homes. 

• 7 killed, 7 wounded in northwest Nigeria attacks

  A government official says suspected armed robbers terrorizing northwest Nigeria raided three villages there, killing at least seven people and ... 

• Nigeria police: Hyundai paid $187K to free workers

  Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. paid about $187,000 to free four abducted South Korean workers and their local colleague, a lucrative ransom showing the ... 

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  Nigeria airline in June crash resumes flights

  The Nigerian airline involved in a June crash that killed at least 163 people resumed domestic flights Thursday, even though officials acknowledge ... 

• Johan Cruyff ends coaching career with Catalonia

  Dutch great Johan Cruyff concluded his coaching career on Wednesday after overseeing Catalonia's 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a friendly. The former ... 

• Detained Nigerian newspaper journalists released

  An official says two Nigerian journalists have been freed after being detained without charges for more than a week by the nation's secret police ... 

• Nigeria president likens nation's unrest to Syria

  Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has likened attacks by a radical Islamist sect in his West African nation to the ongoing civil war in Syria, an ...