Tag: Nigeria
18 Indian sailors kidnapped off Nigerian coast
Eighteen Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel have been kidnapped by pirates near the Nigerian coast, local media reported quoting ARX Maritime, a global agency tracking maritime developments in the region.
Boko Haram releases 82 abducted Chibok girls in Nigeria
Abuja – Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has released 82 of the school girls abducted more than three years ago from their school in...
Muhammadu Buhari claims victory in historic Nigerian vote!
Abuja, April 1 - With the final result yet to be announced, the Nigerian opposition party on Tuesday declared victory in the recent presidential poll....
Boko Haram unable to disrupt the electoral process in Nigeria: UN!
United Nations, March 31 - Senior UN officials said on Monday that the Boko Haram militant group has been unable to disrupt the electoral process...
Deadliest attack by Boko Haram, 2000 people killed in Nigeria!
Nigeria, January 10 - Hundreds of bodies - too many to count - remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack...
Blasts kill at least 40 people in Nigerian city of Jos!
Nigeria, December 12 - Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, the second one killing...
Suicide bomber wearing school uniform kills 48 students in Nigeria!
Nigeria, November 11 - A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum...
Nigeria finds 10-year-old girl with bomb strapped to her!
Abuja, Aug 1 - Nigerian forces have arrested two Boko Haram suspects who were travelling with a 10-year-old girl with explosives strapped to her, the...
Nigeria suspends Airline for flying Ebola virus victim
LAGOS, July 30 - The Nigerian government has suspended all ASky Airlines' flights for flying an Ebola virus victim into the country. The airline last week...
Nigeria : Boko Haram kills 100 in Borno – seizes strategic...
ABUJA, July 21 - Boko Haram hoisted its black al- Qaeda-inspired flag above the strategic town of Damboa in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, with an estimated...
