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Gunmen kill 2 Chinese workers in northeast Nigeria
Gunmen have shot dead two Chinese construction workers in northeast Nigeria, a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect. Authorities initially ...
Nigeria newspaper editor shot in highway attack
The managing director and editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Compass daily newspaper has been shot during an attack in the country's southwest.
Nigeria floods kill 363, displace 2.1 million
Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency says 363 people died over months of flooding across the West African nation and 2.1 million others were ...
Serena: Matter of time until No. 1 again
In the midst of the Williams sisters' first bustling visit to Africa, Serena wasn't quite sure which country she was in Saturday. But she's certain ...
Soldiers raid in north Nigeria kills more than 40
Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shot dead more than 40 people, likely civilians, during an operation in a city long under attack by a radical Islamist ...
Dancing Venus beats sister Serena in Nigeria match
After months of injuries and illnesses, Venus Williams was all smiles as she interrupted a break during an exhibition match with her sister Serena to ...
Alleged member of Nigeria sect offers peace talks
An alleged member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram set conditions Thursday for peace talks with Nigeria's government, asking that negotiations ...
Amnesty: Nigeria denies rights to sect suspects
Nigeria is illegally holding hundreds of people suspected of participation in violence by a radical Islamist sect in inhumane conditions and without ...
Hardier cassava offers promise for hungry Africa
From this field nestled among the lush rolling hills of Nigeria's southwest, the small plants rising out the hard red dirt appear fragile, easily ...
French firm: 7 kidnapped sailors freed in Nigeria
Kidnappers freed six Russian sailors and an Estonian who had been abducted from a ship off Nigeria's southern delta, a French oil and gas services ...
Williams sisters inspire local kids in Nigeria
On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high. "We were really able to break the mold ...
Official: Gunmen kill 20 in north Nigeria village
Gunmen suspected to belong to a violent robbery gang raided a remote village in northern Nigeria, killing 20 people in an attack highlighting the ...
European fashion buyers look to Nigeria
A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking ...
7 killed, 100 wounded in Nigeria church bombing
A suicide bomber rammed an SUV loaded with explosives into a Catholic church holding Mass on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least seven people ...
Central Africa new drug transit hub: Interpol
The arrest of a Nigerian allegedly smuggling heroin here highlights what officials say is a growing problem of drug trafficking in Central Africa.
Pope names 6 cardinals, none from Italy
Pope Benedict XVI named six new cardinals on Wednesday, adding prelates from Lebanon, the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, India and the United States ...
Nigeria military: Sect member at senator's home
Nigeria's military arrested a member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram at the home of a prominent senator, as ongoing violence blamed on the ...
Bus crash in southwest Nigeria kills at least 12
Traffic wardens say a bus carrying women in southwest Nigeria crashed and plunged off a bridge into a river, killing at least 12 people. Jonas Agwu, ...
French firm: 7 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast
Gunmen attacked a ship operated by a French oil and gas services company off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping six Russian ...
30 people killed in central Nigeria village attack
Nomadic Muslim herdsmen attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria over long-running land disputes, killing at least 30 people in their latest ...
Chelsea Clinton visits Nigeria on health mission
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former U.S. president and the current U.S. Secretary of State, visits Nigeria's capital as part of a trip ...
At least 24 dead after northeast Nigeria violence
Fighting between Nigeria's military and the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram killed at least 24 people in a northeast Nigerian city that remains in ...
New Nigeria museum fetes late Afrobeat singer Fela
"FELA LIVES," reads the Gothic-lettered tattoo on the back of one of the sons of the legendary Afrobeat singer from Nigeria. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died ...
15 explosions, gunfire heard in north Nigeria city
At least 15 separate explosions punctuated by gunfire echoed Monday across a northeast Nigeria city long under siege by the radical Islamist sect ...
Rights group: Both Nigeria, sect killed civilians
Nigerian security forces and the radical Islamist Boko Haram sect likely committed crimes against humanity in their fighting across the country's ...