Latest articles on Nigeria Bomb Blasts

What’s behind the return of Boko Haram?

Africa Aminu Abubakar & Celia Lebur - 5 Jan 2019

A faction of Boko Haram affiliated to the Islamic State militant group, has intensified attacks against the army in the northeast of Nigeria

War on Nigerian schoolchildren escalates

Africa Liesl Louw-Vaudran - 13 Nov 2014

Attacks on pupils are inflicting dreadful damage on Nigeria's already precarious education systems.

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SA sends condolences after dozens killed in Nigeria blast

Article Reuters & Sapa - 14 Apr 2014

The South African government has sent its "deepest condolences" to Nigeria after a bomb blast in Abuja left more than 70 people dead.

41 dead in suicide bomb attack in Nigeria

Africa Yinka Ibukun - 20 Mar 2013

At least 41 people have died in a suicide car bomb attack in Kano, northern Nigeria's busiest commercial centre.

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Suicide bomber strikes Nigeria church in deadly attack

Africa Reuters - 28 Oct 2012

A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a church in northern Nigeria, killing three people and triggering reprisal attacks.

Residents flee Nigerian city after deadly attacks

Africa Sapa Afp - 21 Oct 2012

Hundreds of residents of a northeastern Nigerian city were fleeing after three days of attacks that left at least 31 dead.

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Nigeria leader willing to work with Okah for peace

Africa Staff Reporter - 3 Oct 2012

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has shown a willingness to offer terror-accused Henry Okah an olive branch to pacify the volatile Niger Delta.

Church attacks leave at least three dead in Nigeria

Africa Staff Reporter - 10 Jun 2012

A suicide bomber drove his car at a church in central Nigeria while gunmen opened fire on another church, killing at least three and wounding dozens.

Attacks on Nigeria church services kill 20 worshippers

Africa Staff Reporter - 29 Apr 2012

Attackers armed with bombs and guns have opened fire at outdoor church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people.

Nigerians desperate for calm after car bombing

Africa Jon Gambrell - 10 Apr 2012

The suicide car bombing that killed at least 38 people in Nigeria has claimed victims across religious and ethnic lines, putting everyone at risk.

Suicide bomber attacks church in Nigeria

Africa Buhari Bello - 26 Feb 2012

A suicide bomber attacked a church in the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, killing two people and Christian youth beat two Muslims to death in revenge.

Nigeria: ‘Sharia or nothing’

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Feb 2012

Jihadists blame country's woes on secular state and say they have al-Qaeda's support in their fight.

Nigerian Islamists and security forces clash again

Africa Aminu Abubakar - 7 Jan 2012

Hundreds of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria in fear, following deadly all-night gun battles between Islamists and security forces.

Shock follows UN attack in Nigeria

Africa Joel Olatunde Agoi - 27 Aug 2011

Families are searching the rubble from a bomb blast at UN headquarters in Nigeria for loved ones.

Explosion hits UN building in Nigeria

Africa Staff Reporter - 26 Aug 2011

At least 18 people have been found dead after a large explosion struck a United Nations building in Nigeria's capital of Abuja.

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