A faction of Boko Haram affiliated to the Islamic State militant group, has intensified attacks against the army in the northeast of Nigeria
Attacks on pupils are inflicting dreadful damage on Nigeria’s already precarious education systems.
The South African government has sent its "deepest condolences" to Nigeria after a bomb blast in Abuja left more than 70 people dead.
At least 41 people have died in a suicide car bomb attack in Kano, northern Nigeria’s busiest commercial centre.
A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a church in northern Nigeria, killing three people and triggering reprisal attacks.
Hundreds of residents of a northeastern Nigerian city were fleeing after three days of attacks that left at least 31 dead.
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has shown a willingness to offer terror-accused Henry Okah an olive branch to pacify the volatile Niger Delta.
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.
Attackers armed with bombs and guns have opened fire at outdoor church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people.
The suicide car bombing that killed at least 38 people in Nigeria has claimed victims across religious and ethnic lines, putting everyone at risk.
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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.
Jihadists blame country’s woes on secular state and say they have al-Qaeda’s support in their fight.
Hundreds of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria in fear, following deadly all-night gun battles between Islamists and security forces.
Families are searching the rubble from a bomb blast at UN headquarters in Nigeria for loved ones.
At least 18 people have been found dead after a large explosion struck a United Nations building in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja.