MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and abducted at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional ...
A British aid worker kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed, while three other hostages have been freed, says the Foreign Office. Ian Squire, an optician, was one of four Britons ...
Some of the victims were taken to the State Orthopaedic Hospital for emergency treatment. Residents of Rugar Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government of Katsina State said 14 people were ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 85 civilians were killed when an army drone attack erroneously targeted a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, officials confirmed Tuesday, as the president ordered ...
Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to ...
Abuja: Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks, residents said Wednesday, highlighting once again how deadly islamic extremist rebels have remained ...
Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state, a local official said Tuesday.
An autopsy report was released Sunday for 14-year-old Lyric Woods who was shot and killed in Orange County. According to the report, Lyric Woods was shot seven times near a power-line easement in ...
Despite a boycott call by the Maoists, villagers in Naxal-infested Bastar of Chhattisgarh turned out to vote in large numbers. Unlike the Indian cricket team in the World Cup, the Congress may ...
More than a dozen people are dead following a bus bombing in Syria's capital city of Damascus. Two explosive devices detonated on board a military bus during rush hour Wednesday, killing at least ...
A report by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Center for African Studies has ...