Nigeria

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 ... 

• 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 ... 

• Spanish police arrest 17 suspected pimps

  Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution ... 

• Nigeria rights leader blasts journalists detention

  Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission has criticized the nation's secret police for detaining two journalists for days without charges. 

• At least 15 killed in sect attack in north Nigeria

  Gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, tying up men, women and children before slitting their ... 

• Nigeria detains 2 journalists over abuse story

  Nigerian security forces have detained two journalists from a Hausa-language newspaper for days without charges after their publication printed ... 

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  Fireworks warehouse in Nigeria explodes, killing 1

  A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria's largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding ... 

• 4 foreign sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast

  Gunmen attacked a supply tug boat off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors, including Italians, in the latest ... 

• 4 SKoreans freed after being kidnapped in Nigeria

  Four South Korean construction workers and a Nigerian colleague who were kidnapped in southern Nigeria have been freed. The five employees of Hyundai ... 

• 2 bombers target mobile phone firms in Nigeria

  Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, ... 

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  Nigeria railroad project connects 2 major cities

  Nigeria has rebuilt and reopened railroad tracks connecting Lagos, its commercial heartbeat in the south, to Kano, its largest city in the north, in ... 

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  Burning pipeline fire sign of Nigeria's woes

  The gasoline pipeline burns unstopped near a village close to Nigeria's sprawling megacity of Lagos, shooting flames into the air as leaking fuel ... 

• French leader: Al-Qaida link to Nigeria kidnapping

  President Francois Hollande says a French engineer kidnapped in northern Nigeria was "without a doubt" seized by a group linked to al-Qaida's north ... 

• French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria

  More than 30 assailants stormed a house in northern Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping a French engineer, in the latest abduction to hit the ... 

• 5 Indian sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria

  Gunmen stormed a tanker ship off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ransacking the vessel and kidnapping five Indian sailors in the ... 

• Police: 27 killed in north Nigeria traffic crash

  Police in northwest Nigeria say 27 people riding atop a truck carrying livestock have been killed when it tipped over and crashed. Sokoto state police ...