Nigeria air force says kills Boko Haram leaders in airstrike
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said it carried out an airstrike and killed several Boko Haram leaders in the restive northeast state of Borno.
Major humanitarian hub in north-east Nigeria burned in attack
New York/IBNS: The top UN aid official in Nigeria has condemned a weekend attack against a major humanitarian facility in the north-east of the country.
Pipeline explosion kills at least 2 in Nigeria's economic hub
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: At least two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday.
Scores of Boko Haram fighters killed in NE Nigeria: Military
Lagos/Xinhua: Scores of Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in an airstrike in the Sambisa forest in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, said an Air Force spokesman Saturday.
Gunmen kill 19 in central Nigeria attack
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: Up to 19 local residents were killed following an overnight attack by unidentified gunmen on a community in central Nigeria, the police confirmed on Friday.
UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria
New York/IBNS: Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson.
Fourteen killed in NW Nigeria village attack
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: Fourteen people were killed and 10 others wounded in an attack by suspected gunmen at a village in northwest Nigeria, local police said on Tuesday.
Four killed in Nigerian building collapse: official
Lagos, Oct 13 (Xinhua/UNI) A building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub has recorded four deaths and at least six injured, according to the emergency management agency.
Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert
New York: In Nigeria, homeless and other vulnerable people are being “rounded up” by police, “persecuted” and evicted, amid a massive housing crisis, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Tuesday.
New York: Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on Tuesday, following a fact-finding visit to the country.
Gunmen abduct 5 in NW Nigeria village attack: police
Abuja, Aug 25 (Xinhua/UNI) Nigerian police said on Sunday that a group of gunmen raided a village and took away five persons in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna.
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): Ten years after the start of a violent insurgency in north-east Nigeria plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis that is “still far from over”, the United Nations and its aid partners have underscored the need to “collectively redouble efforts” to help the most vulnerable.
Nigeria: Boko Haram terrorists attack a funeral, 65 killed
Abuja, July 29 (IBNS): Suspected Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno and left 65 people killed, media reports said on Monday.
At least 2 killed in violent Nigeria protest
Abuja, Jul 23 (Xinhua/UNI) At least two people were killed as violent protesters clashed with police in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Monday, according to police and local media on Tuesday.
Armed group kills 18 in Nigeria attack
Abuja, June 22 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 18 people were killed and more wounded in the latest attack by an armed group in Nigeria's troubled northwestern state of Zamfara, a national lawmaker and tribal chief said on Friday.