Nigeria

Nigeria

• 58 killed in central Nigeria raids and reprisals

  Raids and reprisal attacks have left 58 people dead in Christian villages near a Nigerian city where authorities have struggled to contain religious ... 

• Fresh clash between army, sect members in Nigeria

  Police in Nigeria's northeast say members of a radical Islamist sect have clashed with the army in a city wracked by violence. Yobe state police ... 

• Families of Nigeria crash victims get compensation

  A grounded Nigerian airline says it has started compensating families of those who died when one of its planes crashed a month ago, with each family ... 

• Blast heard at mall in Nigeria capital; none hurt

  An official says an explosion has occurred near a building of popular shops in Nigeria's capital. National Emergency Management Agency spokesman ... 

• Nigeria signs $4.5B deal to build 6 refineries

  A $4.5 billion deal to build six refineries in Nigeria is set to make Africa's top oil producer less reliant on exports for oil products, authorities ... 

• Hippo gunned down after killing 2 in north Nigeria

  A hippopotamus that killed two fishermen in Nigeria's northeast has been shot dead, authorities said Tuesday, highlighting how ill-equipped Nigerian ... 

• Suspected militants killed in NE Nigeria raid

  Police say security forces have killed suspected sect members during a military raid on their hideout in a besieged city in Nigeria's northeast. 

• Police: 19 sect members killed in Nigeria clashes

  Multiple clashes between security forces and suspected members of a radical Islamist sect in Nigeria's north have left four policemen, four civilians ... 

• Police targeted in multiple north Nigeria attacks

  A witness and an official say assailants have bombed a police outpost and station in two northern Nigerian cities. Salisu Ado, who lives near the ... 

• Court blocks Nigeria president's college renaming

  A Nigerian court has blocked the renaming of Nigeria's largest city's flagship university, a move that had caused days of student protests. 

• Blast at beer garden in northeast Nigeria wounds 9

  Officials say there was an explosion at a beer garden in Nigeria's northeast that wounded nine people. Bauchi state police chief Mohammed Ladan said ... 

• Sect member dies, prison break frees 40 in Nigeria

  A top radical Islamist sect member blamed for a deadly Christmas Day church bombing in Nigeria has been killed by security forces, says the sect, ... 

• Bomb explodes near popular Nigeria club; none hurt

  An emergency agency says a bomb went off near a popular nightclub in Nigeria's capital. National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib ... 

• Nigeria's 2nd-largest airline grounded again

  Nigeria says it has grounded its second-largest air carrier over financial concerns. Aviation ministry spokesman Joe Obi told The Associated Press on ... 

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  Sect claims multiple attacks on Nigerian city

  At least 138 people have died since Sunday in sect-related violence in Nigeria, officials say, as the government fails to corral rising sectarian ... 

• Pope calls for a halt to violence in Nigeria

  The pope has appealed for those responsible for multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria targeting Christians to "stop immediately." A radical ... 

• 25 dead in Nigeria after multiple attacks by sect

  A radical Islamist sect unleashed multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 25 people, authorities said Tuesday as fears swelled ... 

• Armed men launch attacks in Nigerian city

  Police say men armed with bombs and guns have launched attacks in a city in northeast Nigeria where a radical Islamist sect had killed scores of ... 

• Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks

  Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings ... 

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  21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria

  Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African ... 

• Police detain Nigeria lawmaker who led fuel probe

  Police in Nigeria say they detained and questioned a federal lawmaker who led a probe into the country's mismanaged gasoline subsidy program that ...