Nigeria

Abuja : Nigerian police has confirmed a bomb blast at an oil facility in the southern state of Imo, with at least two persons feared killed. The blast occurred early Wednesday at a facility operated by a local oil firm in the Izombe town of…

Abuja : At least eight people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's Lagos state, an emergency management official said on Monday. Ibrahim Farinloye, coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, told…

Abuja : More than 23 extremist militants, including a prominent Commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), were killed in counterterrorism operations by the Nigerian military in the country's northeast region in the past…

Abuja (Nigeria) : More than 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said.The explosion occurred late Friday at the illegal oil refinery in…

Abuja: At least 34 people were killed following coordinated attacks by gunmen who invaded four villages in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, the government said.Seven persons were injured while over 200 houses and 32 shops were burned…

Lagos: Nigerian police on Thursday confirmed two police officers and five civilians were shot dead in a suspected robbery attack in the country's southeastern state of Edo.A police spokesperson said that the gunmen attacked four banks and a…

Nigeria : The Nigerian government has lifted the ban on Twitter, imposed in June last year, saying the micro-blogging platform has agreed to set "a legal entity" in the west African nation during the first quarter of this year.The Nigerian…

Nigeria : At least 58 people were killed by armed bandits who attacked villages in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, an official said. Ibrahim Bello Zauma, a spokesperson for the governor of Zamfara state Bello Matawalle, told Xinhua news…

Lagos (Nigeria): At least 16 people have been killed after the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck on a highway in Nigeria's Bauchi state, the police said on Monday.The accident took place in Bambal village on Sunday…

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