Nigeria gunmen kill six at Christmas church service
Nigeria: Gunmen attacked a church in volatile northern Nigeria during a Christmas Eve service, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze,...
Violence in Nigeria
Boko Haram attacks leave 10 dead in Nigeria
by Areeb Hasni
Kano: At least 10 people have been killed and several others wounded after suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to...
Nigeria military kills about 40 in ‘Boko Haram’ strongholds: residents
by AFP
Kano: Nigerian soldiers shot dead dozens of young men during raids in a city seen as a stronghold of a radical Islamist group, residents and...
Suicide bombing, reprisal attacks leave 10 dead in Nigeria
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: At least eight people were killed and more than 100 injured after a suicide attack hit a Catholic church in northern Nigeria. The reprisal...
Nigeria claims Boko Haram recruiting foreigners
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: Nigerian military on Tuesday claimed that militant outfit Boko Haram is receiving assistance from foreign militants in its fight against the Nigerian Army....
Boko militant arrested from senator’s home in Nigeria
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: Nigerian authorities Friday arrested an alleged high-profile member of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram from the residence of a serving senator in the Nigerian...
Boko attack repelled, 24 militants killed: Nigerian Army
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: At least 24 Boko Haram members were killed in violence that rocked the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, military official claimed on Tuesday....
Nigeria: Boko Haram rules out peace talks, threatens media
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram Thursday rejected claims made by some media houses stating that the group was holding peace talks with the government....
Nigeria: At least 19 killed in Church attack
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: At least 19 people have been killed and many others wounded after three men opened fire on a Church in central Nigeria, just before...
Boko Haram claims attacks in northeast Nigeria
by Areeb Hasni
Abuja: An Islamist sect, Boko Haram, on Monday claimed that it is responsible for a car suicide bombing in Nigeria’s northeast, killing at least eight...