The latest deadly attacks by an Islamist sect in northern Nigeria, including multiple suicide bombings, point to the group’s growing determination to take on the government, analysts said Monday. The coordinated attacks that shook Nigeria’s northeast on Friday, killing at … read more
A RADICAL Muslim sect reponsible for attacks that left more than 100 people dead in northeast Nigeria could bomb three luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in the oil-rich nation’s capital, American officials in the country said last night. The warning … read more
The Nigeria opposition has asked the country’s security chiefs to resign or be fired, after Friday night’s terror attacks by Islamic insurgents Boko Haram that left dozens dead and injured in the northern state of Yobe. ‘It is now apparent … read more
Nigeria now ranks as the fifth-largest country in the world and number one in Africa for Opera Mini browser usage, surpassing other technology-savvy countries like China, the United States and Brazil, the company has said in a press release. The … read more
Here are some details about the Boko Haram Islamist sect which claimed responsibility for multiple gun and bomb attacks in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday. The Group Boko Haram became active in about 2003 and is concentrated mainly … read more
Nigerian security forces said on Sunday they were searching for Islamist militants behind a coordinated attack in the north that killed at least 65 people, as residents still in shock demanded the government do more to protect them. The Boko … read more
At least 63 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, the Red Cross says. Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including churches and the headquarters of the Yobe state police. … read more
Pirates have released an oil tanker and its crew they seized off the coast of Nigeria a week ago, the Nigeria Maritime Administration said on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks on ships in the oil-rich Gulf of … read more
Nigeria and the United Kingdom are flexing their muscles over weekly flight frequencies between their two airlines, Arik Air and British Airways respectively. The spat has even forced Nigeria’s aviation authorities to launch a review of the Bilateral Air Services … read more
Nigerian and international human rights bodies have opposed that country’s draconian proposed anti-same-sex marriage bill. The bill would punish people of the same sex who live together as a couple with up to three years in prison. Anyone who “witnesses, … read more