The coordinated attack in Nigeria’s second largest city by the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram has shown its metamorphosis.
The ANC has slammed religious killings between Nigeria’s Christians and Muslims, which have claimed hundreds of lives.
Kabir Sokoto, the man accused of the attack on a Nigerian church that killed 37 people on Christmas Day, has escaped from police custody.
Nationwide protests over fuel prices in Nigeria have ended, but concern was raised over government’s decision to deploy soldiers to the streets.
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/ 15 January 2012
Nigeria’s labour unions and government have failed to end a paralysing strike over high petrol costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown.
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/ 14 January 2012
Nigerian unions are due to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan to try and come to an agreement after shelved fuel subsidies resulted in a protest.
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/ 13 January 2012
Mosques have been burnt and two people were killed in a mainly Muslim village in the latest ethnic attack to hit Nigeria.
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/ 13 January 2012
Nigeria’s oil workers have continued their strike against the shelving of its fuel subsidies after talks with trade unions broke down.
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/ 12 January 2012
Nigerian oil workers have threatened to halt production as a strike over fuel prices enters its fourth day and secterian tensions simmer.
As Nigeria’s fuel strike entered its third day, the country’s government has warned that the crippling protests could result in anarchy.
Eight people have been killed in Nigeria’s north and a mob has torched an Islamic school in the south amid a fuel strike and rising religious tension.
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/ 10 January 2012
Nigeria’s street protests against rising fuel prices have resulted in ethnic attacks, leaving five dead and 10 000 displaced since Monday.
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/ 10 January 2012
Flaming tyres and debris has signalled the danger of spiralling violence in Nigeria as protests over fuel subsidies continued for a second day.
Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan says militant group Boko Haram is the biggest security threat since civil war and has secret backers in government.
Six people have been killed as Nigeria police and protesters continue to clash as tens of thousands demonstrate nationwide over fuel price hikes.
Nigeria has been crippled by a nationwide strike as the public expressed anger at rising fuel prices and corruption in government.
Hundreds of Nigerians have took to the streets, launching a nationwide strike to protest against the axing of a popular fuel subsidy in Africa’s
Islamists Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for attacks in Nigeria amid growing concern about government’s inability to tackle sectarian violence.
A book by the late Nigerian activist’s daughter details the truth of life with Ken.
Gunmen have attacked a police station in Nigeria, killing a teenager and wounding an officer in the first such incident during its state of emergency.
A small crowd in Lagos were tear gassed and demonstrators in Kano have been arrested for protesting over soaring fuel prices.
Nigeria is braced for mass protests after fuel prices more than doubled at the weekend, amid stark Boko Haram threats against Christians in the north.
Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has threatened Christians in the north and threatened troops after the president declared a state of emergency.
Nigeria says it is ending fuel subsidies — a move that is sure to be unpopular in an oil-rich nation where citizens have come to expect cheap fuel.
Nigeria has begun the new year under a state of emergency in areas targeted by terror attacks as soldiers flood the streets of violence-hit cities.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency.
President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to "crush the terrorists" who set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day.
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/ 31 December 2011
Noo Saro-Wiwa was 14 when she found out her father, Ken, had another family. It took years — and his death — for her to begin to understand him.
Church leaders in Nigeria say Muslim extremists have made a "declaration of war" on Christians after a series of fatal attacks by Boko Haram.
Six children and an adult have been hurt in a blast at an Arabic school in Nigeria, after deadly Christmas Day attacks on churches around the country.
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/ 28 December 2011
Barely two weeks after the execution of an SA drug mule in China, three more South Africans have been arrested for drug trafficking.
A Muslim leader has tried to calm tensions in Nigeria after deadly Christmas Day attacks claimed by Islamists that risk inflaming sectarian divisions.