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Boko Haram has released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, President…
Twenty-one Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram in Chibok in April 2014 have been reunited with their…
Boko Haram has released a second video showing some of the schoolgirls they abducted from Chibok, northern Nigeria. The footage…
Former Nigerian chief of defense Alex Badeh has been accused of stealing $20 million from the air force and buying…
Chad has declared a state of emergency after Boko Haram attacks in the Lake Chad region. At least two people…
An ex-Nigerian minister stole $6 billion of public money, the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged. Adams Oshiomhole…
Niger and Chad forces have launched a ground and air offensive against militant group Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria, officials…
According to an audio statement, Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS). The message, which has not be…
Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The…
A market explosion in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed at least 16 people and injured several others,…
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to an $84 million settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta…
Scores of people have been killed in three explosions during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the…
According to new reports, Boko Haram militants have seized the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the home of more than…
A suicide bombing at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum has killed at least 47 students,…
Boko Haram militants have reportedly abducted dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state. The…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases. Nigeria,…
Nigerian army has agreed a truce with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted…
At least 13 people have been killed after gunmen have attacked a teacher training college in the Nigerian city of…
Boko Haram has seized Nigeria’s key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of…
Nigerian schools have been ordered to remain closed until October 13 as part of measures to prevent the spread of…
Terrorist group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak of Ebola "a national emergency" and approved more than $11 million to…
Saudatu Koroma, a Sierra Leone woman who fled hospital after testing positive for the Ebola virus, has died after turning…
Nigeria has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who…