Nigeria

Nigeria

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  S.Africa: Nigerian 2010 bomb suspect gets 24 years

  A South African court sentenced a Nigerian to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty of masterminding twin car bombings in Nigeria. 

• 120 inmates freed in Nigeria attacks, 25 die

  Officials say gunmen attacked a remote town in Nigeria's northeast, killing 25 and freeing 120 inmates. Adamawa State's head of prisons, Andrew Barka, ... 

• 9 dead, 90 missing, 29 survive Nigeria boat mishap

  An official says a search continues after a boat carrying 128 people capsized off Nigeria six days ago. The head of the Cross River State Emergency ... 

• Nigeria: Suicide car bomb death toll rises to 41

  At least 41 people died in a suicide car bomb that struck a bus station in a Christian neighborhood in Kano, northern Nigeria's busiest commercial ... 

• At least 16 killed in northern Nigeria explosion

  At least 16 people were killed in an explosion that hit a bus station in Kano in northern Nigeria, a medic said Monday in the latest violence to hit ... 

• French hostages held by Nigerian sect in new video

  A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb. 

• Nigerian airline back in air after 2nd suspension

  An aviation official says a Nigerian airline can resume flying, after being grounded twice in the past year. Nigerian aviation ministry spokesman Joe ... 

• Another major Nigerian airline halts flights

  A carrier that has been battling to regain flyers' confidence after a fatal crash last year says it has suspended its flights. Dana Air spokesman Tony ... 

• France: Discretion needed to free Nigeria hostages

  France is adopting a "determined and discrete" approach to safeguard the lives of eight French hostages kidnapped by extremist groups in and near ... 

• Major Nigeria airline halts flights over strike

  A major Nigerian airline says it has suspended its flights after failing to reach an agreement with striking workers. Simon Tumba, a spokesman for ... 

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  Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon

  Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages ... 

• US: Islamic extremists move between Nigeria, Mali

  Islamic extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation there against them, the ... 

• US raises concerns over Mali's arrest of editor

  The United States ambassador to Mali says she has concerns about press freedom in the West African nation after authorities arrested a newspaper ... 

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  Nigeria pardons ex-governor who stole millions

  Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of ... 

• Lebanon, Greece name hostages killed in Nigeria

  Lebanon and Greece have identified the hostages killed by Islamic extremists in Nigeria, though two people remain unaccounted for out of the seven ... 

• Nigeria: Video shows bodies of foreign hostages

  A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later ... 

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  Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria

  Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in ... 

• Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages

  A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an ... 

• Nigeria: Muslim leader calls for extremist amnesty

  The top spiritual leader for Muslims in Nigeria called Tuesday for the nation's president to grant a "total amnesty" for Islamic extremists now ... 

• Nigeria military base attack kills at least 20

  Fighters linked to the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram attacked a military base in Nigeria's north on Sunday in an assault that left at ... 

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  Nigeria's big city razes homes as poor left behind

  The bulldozers came at dawn to this neighborhood of shanty homes and concrete buildings in Nigeria's largest city, followed by riot police carrying ... 

• Bombs hit Nigerian city during opposition meeting

  Witnesses say several bombs have exploded in a northeastern Nigeria city which is hosting a meeting of opposition political parties. The blasts ...