WHO takes Nigeria off global list of polio-endemic countries
LAGOS: World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries,… Read More
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Nigeria
Over 20 killed in market bombing in Nigeria: locals, relief agency
MAIDUGIRI: More than 20 people were killed in a bomb attack in the garrison town… Read More
10 years ago
Female suicide bombers kill dozens in Cameroon, Nigeria
YAOUNDE: A 12-year-old girl suicide bomber killed 20 people in an attack on a bar… Read More
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Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks
KANO, Nigeria: Three girls staged suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday,… Read More
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Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter
KANO, NIGERIA: Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on… Read More
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Suspected Boko Haram attacks kills 150 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI: Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing… Read More
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Nigeria makes final push to stamp out polio
SUMAILA: Health workers move from door to door in the rural Sumaila district of Kano… Read More
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Freed Nigerian women tell of horror of Boko Haram captivity
YOLA, NIGERIA: Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families… Read More
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 21 in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in northeast Nigeriawho were trying to… Read More
10 years ago
Nigeria’s Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls: report
DAKAR/LONDON: Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the… Read More
10 years ago
World must do more to free Nigerian schoolgirl hostages: Malala
LAGOS: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday criticised Nigerian and world leaders for not… Read More
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Nigeria’s Buhari says to ‘spare no effort’ in squashing Boko Haram
ABUJA: A day after becoming the first politician in Nigerian history to succeed a sitting… Read More
10 years ago
Amnesty warns against rise in death sentences
LONDON: Egypt and Nigeria accounted for an "alarming rise" in the number of death sentences… Read More
10 years ago
Nigerians vote in first genuine contest since end of dictatorship
ABUJA: Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday for the first genuine electoral contest since… Read More
10 years ago
Slave bones traced to countries of origin
MIAMI: Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African… Read More
10 years ago
Boko Haram raid in Nigeria 'killed over 150'
KANO: More than 150 people, including 38 police, were killed in a dawn raid by… Read More
11 years ago
Suspected ebola virus patient admitted at Karachi hospital
KARACHI: A passenger arrived from Nigeria has been admitted at the isolation ward in Karachi's… Read More
11 years ago
Friday's mosque attack killed 100, wounded 135 in Nigeria's Kano
KANO, Nigeria: A total of 100 people were killed in Friday's coordinated attack on the… Read More
11 years ago
Global LNG-Prices slide as Australia, Russia offer new supply
LONDON/MILAN: Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slid this week as weakening demand and a… Read More
11 years ago
Nigeria mosque suicide attack leaves 120 dead
KANO: At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two… Read More
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