Abuja: Boko Haram militants killed five people in two separate attacks in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe Sunday, witnesses said.One of the attacks, by a suspected suicide bomber, targeted a military checkpoint in the
Lagos: The Nigerian government Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states.Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, made the disclosure at an emergency meeting on avian influenza (bird flu) in Abuja,
Lagos: At least 3,200 people were displaced in the Nigerian state of Borno after attacks by Boko Haram militants last week in the town of Baga, Nigeria's emergency management agency said Monday.The National Emergency Management
New Delhi: At least 16 people have been killed and several injured by a bomb strapped to a girl reported to be aged about 10 in the city of Maiduguri of Nigeria, police say.“The explosive
United Nations: Around 7,300 Nigerian refugees have fled to the neighbouring Chad, over the last 10 days, following violence in northeastern Nigeria, the UN said Friday.Citing the UN Refugee Agency, UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq,
Kano (Nigeria): Boko Haram, a militant Islamist movement based in Nigeria, destroyed at least 16 towns and villages after capturing a key military base in Northeast Nigeria today, according to officials.Musa Bukar, head of the
Maiduguri, Nigeria :A new video from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dorm, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are “infidels” or
Abuja: Two female suicide bombers were behind twin explosions which claimed dozens of lives at a market place in Nigeria's Kano state Wednesday, police said.The young girls, wearing hijab, carried out the attack by detonating
New Delhi: Fate of seven Indians kidnapped four years ago by pirates operating off Somalia and Nigerian coasts remains unknown and the past six years have seen the abduction of over 400 nationals, the government
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government is in touch with the Indian embassy in Nigeria to seek early release of a youth allegedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.The state Minister for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Lagos: Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Britain on prisoner exchange arrangements and immigration issues, an official said."The MoU would go a long way in fast-tracking the prison reform programmes and the
Kano: Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 120 people, police said. One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injuries in the blasts in the city
Geneva: Nigeria won't get the chance to defend its title at the African Cup of Nations next year after drawing 2-2 at home to South Africa on Wednesday to miss out on the finals on
Kolkata: In a damning indictment of its poor health services and coverage, India finds itself ranked the third lowest among 15 high-burden countries when it comes to coverage and implementing vital pneumonia and diarrhoea interventions,
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for signing a treaty with Nigeria on transfer of sentenced prisoners.The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Once signed,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Diplomats pressing Burkina Faso's military ruler to return the country to civilian rule said on Wednesday they are seeking names of people who could serve as interim head of state until elections
Abuja, Nigeria: FIFA says Nigeria won't be banned from international football after a court order nullifying federation elections was withdrawn.FIFA says Nigeria met a deadline to show that elected football officials are able to work
New Delhi: A surveillance and tracking system similar to that in Nigeria, which was declared Ebola-free by WHO, has been put in place in India, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.Amid concerns in some
New Delhi: With no new cases being conformed in last six weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday officially declared Nigeria Ebola-free nation.WHO country representative Rui Gama Vaz said in Abuja that outbreak in
Abuja:Nigeria today claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants on a ceasefire and the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but doubts immediately surrounded the purported breakthrough.Chief of Defence Staff Air
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