Official: Nigeria Military Shells Camps, Kills 21

(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) -- Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the...

Nigeria President Declares State of Emergency

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday...

Love in the Time of Globalization

They meet as teenagers, around the same age as Romeo and Juliet. They fall in love. Their families aren't warring, but their love is visa-crossed. When frequent...

Attack Kills At Least 20 Nigeria Police Officers

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — An ethnic militia killed at least 20 police officers who launched a raid to try and arrest them in central Nigeria, a police commissioner said...

Authorities: 42 Dead in Nigeria Extremist Attacks

(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said...

Red Cross: At Least 187 Killed in Nigeria Violence

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — The Nigerian Red Cross says at least 187 people have been killed in fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in a fishing community in...

Officials: At Least 185 Killed in Nigeria Attack

(BAGA, Nigeria) — Officials say fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists in a town in the nation's northeast has killed at least 185 people. ...

At Least 36 Killed in Southwest Nigeria Bus Crash

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — An official says at least 36 people have been killed in a bus crash in which a gasoline tanker exploded in southwest Nigeria. The explosion...

120 Inmates Freed in Nigeria Attacks, 25 Die

(YOLA, Nigeria) — Officials say gunmen attacked a remote town in Nigeria's northeast, killing 25 and freeing 120 inmates. Adamawa State's head of prisons,...

At Least 16 Killed in Northern Nigeria Explosion

(KANO, Nigeria) — At least 16 people were killed in an explosion that hit a bus station in Kano in northern Nigeria, a medic said Monday in the latest violence...

Major Nigeria Airline Halts Flights Over Strike

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — A major Nigerian airline says it has suspended its flights after failing to reach an agreement with striking workers. Simon Tumba, a...

Another Major Nigerian Airline Halts Flights

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — A carrier that has been battling to regain flyers' confidence after a fatal crash last year says it has suspended its flights. Dana Air...

Nigeria Pardons Ex-Governor Who Stole Millions

(LAGOS, Nigeria) — A presidential adviser says Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, convicted of stealing millions of...

Nigeria: Video Shows Bodies of Foreign Hostages

(KANO, Nigeria) — A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted from northern Nigeria and later killed by...

Italy Says 7 Foreign Hostages Killed in Nigeria

(KANO, Nigeria) — Italy's foreign ministry said Sunday that seven foreign hostages kidnapped in northern Nigeria had been killed as claimed by Islamic...

Nigeria Military Base Attack Kills at Least 20

(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — Fighters linked to the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram attacked a military base in Nigeria's north on Sunday in an assault...

French Family of 7 Kidnapped in Cameroon

On Tuesday, French officials said that seven French citizens, including four children, have been kidnapped in Cameroon and are believed to have been taken to...

Nigeria Extremists Claim Abduction of 7 Foreigners

(BAUCHI, Nigeria) A shadow Islamic extremist group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreign workers in northern Nigeria. In a statement...

Police: 7 Foreigners Kidnapped in North Nigeria

(BAUCHI, Nigeria) — Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from...

Attackers Kill Three North Korean Doctors in Nigeria

Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a nation under...