Nigeria election results due to start trickling in (Updated)
By Tim Cocks Results from Nigeria’s elections, potentially the closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due to start trickling in...
President Goodluck Jonathan
Nigerian army says destroys Boko Haram headquarters
The Nigerian army said on Friday it destroyed the headquarters of Boko Haram after capturing the northeastern town of Gwoza from the Islamist insurgent group....
Nigeria’s presidential candidates sign second peace accord
Nigeria’s main presidential candidates signed a second peace accord ahead of general elections on Saturday, the government said on Thursday, promising to hold peaceful polls...
Nigeria drafts in foreign mercenaries to take on Boko Haram
By Ed Cropley and David Lewis Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give its offensive...
Nigerian ex-military ruler Buhari wins opposition presidential ticket
By Tim Cocks and Seun Sanni Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari will be the main opposition candidate in next year’s Nigerian presidential ballot after triumphing...
Hundreds flee Nigerian city as Islamist militants gain ground
By Lanre Ola Hundreds of civilians are fleeing Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri as fears grow that Islamist Boko Haram militants may try to assault...
Suspected militants kill 42 in northeast Nigeria
By Lanre Ola Suspected Islamist militants dressed as soldiers rounded up and killed at least 42 villagers in northeastern Nigeria, as an escalating insurgency increasingly targets civilians,...
Bombings kill at least 118 in central Nigerian city
By Adamu Jonah and Anamesere Igboeroteonwu Back-to-back bomb blasts killed at least 118 people and wounded 45 in the crowded business district of the central Nigerian city...
Nigeria’s president cancels visit to village of abducted girls
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist rebel...
Nigeria’s president pledges to free schoolgirls (Updated)
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Lanre Ola Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed...
Islamist attack kills 125 in northeast Nigeria
By Lanre Ola The latest big Islamist attack in Nigeria has killed least 125 people, police said on Wednesday after gunmen rampaged through a town in the...
Gunmen abduct eight more girls in Nigeria
By Lanre Ola Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists’ strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. The abduction of...
Suspected bomb on edge of Nigerian capital kills at least 15
A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before the city was...