Jos, Nigeria: Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies.There
New Delhi: Boko Haram, the group of militant extremists in Nigeria, have grabbed headlines in the past week thanks to their brazen kidnapping of 275 girls, aged between 16 and 18, from a boarding school
Abuja: More than 100 teenage girls were abducted Monday in northeastern Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram members, local sources and police said.The victims were taken from the Girls College in Northern Borno state's Chibok Town,
Lagos: The International Football Federation (FIFA) has hailed the victorious Golden Eaglets of Nigeria for their triumph at the U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.A statement reaching Xinhua Thursday from the Nigeria Football
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Nigeria beat Mexico 3-0 in the Under-17 World Cup final on Friday to win the tournament for a record fourth time. Nigeria went ahead in the ninth minute through Erick
New Delhi: After the murder of a Nigerian in Goa sparked violence and protests, a diplomatic row has erupted with Nigerian diplomats threatening forcible eviction of one million Indians living in Nigeria in a tit-for-tat
New Delhi: India today said it was in “diplomatic dialogue” with Nigeria after that country raised the killing of one of its nationals in Goa last week and noted that it was expecting a report
New Delhi: A major diplomatic row is in the offing with Nigeria's consular attache Jacob Nwadadia saying that his country could think of forcibly evacuating one millions Indians living there if the Goa government continued
Abuja: At least seven Boko Haram militants were killed in the latest clampdown against the group in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, the military said here Tuesday.Vehicles, explosives and weapons were also recovered when security
New Delhi: Nigeria has issued a note verbale to India conveying concerns over the security of its nationals and demanded immediate arrest of those who killed a Nigerian in Goa last week, prompting the government
New Delhi: Natural gas has emerged as one of the main sources of energy across the world. There are several countries in the world which are using their own natural gas resources. Here is a
Lagos, Nigeria: A stampede at an all-night church vigil disrupted by politicking over a contentious gubernatorial election has killed 24 people and injured 17 in Nigeria's southeast Anambra state, the Red Cross and government officials
Abuja: The face-off between Nigeria's Joint Task Force (JTF) in the country'S restive northern region and Boko Haram militants witnessed a bloody encounter in Borno and Yobe states with about 95 militants killed, military said
United Nations : The UN General Assembly Thursday elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation's most powerful body.The new members will begin
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Emmanuel Emenike scored twice as African champion Nigeria came from behind to win 2-1 in Ethiopia in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Sunday.The Fenerbahce striker equalized in the
Abuja : Nigeria is set to immunise an estimated 35 million children against measles this month, an official said here Thursday.The immunisation exercise will be conducted in two phases and children between nine months and
Lagos: A chartered airplane nosedived into the ground and burst into flames meters from tanks of aviation fuel today, killing 14 people, Nigerian officials said. Six survivors have been rushed to the hospital, two in
Abuja: At least 50 students were killed in their sleep by suspected Boko Haram militants as they opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria, in the latest violence blamed on the dreaded Islamist
Lagos, Nigeria: An emergency official in Nigeria says at least 42 people drowned and rescuers are searching for about 200 missing victims from a ferry that broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River.Spokesman
Abuja: As many as 87 people have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria's restive northeastern Borno state, local officials said.Disguised in military uniforms, the militants set up checkpoints outside the
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