At least 7 dead after suspected bandits attack train in northern Nigeria
At least seven people were killed and several were missing after suspected bandits attacked a passenger train headed to the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna...
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Nigeria to lift Twitter ban ‘very soon’
Nigeria said on Wednesday it expects to end its ban on Twitter (TWTR.N) in a “few more days”, raising hopes among users eager to return...
All post to Nigeria suspended
Cyprus Post said on Wednesday it had suspended all post to Nigeria. “Due to the impossibility of finding air carrier for the transport of mail,...
More than 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school
Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and...
Blast shuts Eni’s oil pipeline feeding Nigeria’s Brass oil exports
An oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria forced the local subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni to close a pipeline feeding the Brass oil export terminal,...
Ten Turkish sailors seized by pirates off Nigerian coast – shipping company
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates off the coast of Nigeria early on Tuesday, shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik said, adding that another...
Nigeria and Ghana could face bans over interference, says Fifa
NIGERIA and Ghana could face international football bans this month over political interference with their football associations, the world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Tuesday...
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
A suspected Boko Haram attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and wounded 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday,...
Three aid workers killed in militant attack in Nigeria (Update)
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least three aid workers and eight members of the security forces in an attack on a military facility in...
Suicide bomber kills 11 people in mosque attack in northeast Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed 11 people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the conflict with Islamist insurgency...
