At least two people were killed on Monday after a car suicide bomb detonated at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, witnesses and a hospital source said, according to Reuters.
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Bombs found at an abandoned stronghold of Boko Haram militants exploded, killing at least 13 people and injuring 45 others in northeast Nigeria, locals and a hospital source said.
At least two of the devices went off as people were taking them past (...)
A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria, critically injuring six, Reuters quoted witnesses and a humanitarian aid worker as saying.
The gunman, who was caught and beaten by locals, was (...)
Residents of a Nigerian town faulted security forces for responding slowly to the presence of Boko Haram fighters who later attacked, killing many people.
At least 50 bodies have been recovered from the debris of burned shops after the town's main (...)
British security experts on Friday joined the Nigerian and American search for at least 276 girls being held by militants in northeastern Nigeria as an international effort began taking hold.
The British team, which arrived in Lagos Friday, is (...)
Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, authorities said Sunday, in the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under (...)
Police said gunmen have shot dead three policemen who were manning a highway checkpoint in Nigeria's northeast, AP reported.
Bauchi state police spokesman Hassan Auyo said the assailants injured a fourth policeman in the attack that occurred (...)
Unidentified Attackers have killed at least 16 people and set fire to more than a dozen houses in a town in northern Nigeria that has been beset by sectarian violence, police said late on Friday.
"Sixteen people have been confirmed killed by (...)
A fight over a game of billiards disintegrated into religious violence in northern Nigeria, leaving at least four people dead among the smoldering ruins of churches and mosques, AP quoted authorities as saying on Thursday.
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Fighting between militants and security forces in northern Nigeria left at least 35 people dead as sect members armed with spears and arrows ransacked a neighborhood and set homes ablaze, a police official said Tuesday.
Mohammed Barau, a police (...)
More than 50 Nigerians were killed on Sunday in clashes between security forces and militants in the northeastern city of Bauchi, residents and hospital sources said.
The fighting began early Sunday when around 70 militants armed with guns and (...)
Security forces killed
at least 32 Nigerians in northeast Bauchi state on Sunday after
an armed gang attacked a police station in retaliation for the
arrests of their leaders.
Around 70 Nigerians armed with guns and hand grenades
attacked a (...)
With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a radiant Nigerian bride. But her betrothal has hardly been typical: Both bride and groom are infected with the deadly AIDS virus (...)
