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Nigerian gunmen release 10 kidnapped students

Gunmen who kidnapped more than 100 students from a school in northwest Nigeria more than two months ago released 10 more of the hostages...

10,000 flee Cameroon communal violence to Chad: UN

At least 10,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled into Chad from northern Cameroon this week after deadly clashes between herding and fishing...

Nigeria imposes partial curfew after deadly attack

Nigerian authorities on Sunday imposed a curfew in parts of central Plateau state, a day after a suspected Christian militia attacked a convoy of...

Gunmen kidnap Swiss national in southern Nigeria 

Nigerian gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss national after opening fire on his police escort in the southwest of the country, police said on Sunday. Kidnappings...

Nigerian bandits release 28 kidnapped students 

Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released 28 of them, a school official told...

Cops say bandits kill 35 villagers in northwest Nigeria

Kano—Armed raiders killed at least 35 people and torched homes in five villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said on Saturday, in the...

Nigeria shock US in pre-Olympic basketball friendly

Los Angeles—Nigeria shocked the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic basketball friendly in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Nigeria, with six NBA players and former...

At least 8 employees kidnapped from medical centre in Nigeria

Eight medical centre employees were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, although local sources said more people had been taken. A large number...

Nigeria says in talks with Twitter after suspension

Nigeria said on Monday it was in discussions with Twitter after it suspended the US social media giant's services in the country, branding its...

Death toll rises to 88 in attack Nigeria: police

Police in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state told AFP Sunday that the death toll from an attack by a gang of cattle thieves on seven...

13 wedding guests drown after boat capsizes in Nigeria

Thirteen people died in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state when a boat ferrying wedding guests capsized, officials said, a week after 150 people went missing...

Twitter restricted in Nigeria after government decree

Telecoms operators in Nigeria said Saturday they had complied with a government directive to suspend access to Twitter indefinitely, two days after the US...

Gunmen kidnap 136 kids from Islamic seminary

Gunmen seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria over the weekend, the state government said, the latest in a string of...

Angeles drug gang busted; three arrested

Angeles City—Three Nigerians believed to be members of an international drug ring were arrested by local drug enforcement unit following a buy-bust operation along...
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