Nigeria Nigerian army says hundreds escape Boko Haram detention More than 700 people held hostage by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants have reportedly escaped. 01/01/2018
Nigeria At least 50 people killed in a suicide bomb attack in Nigeria It's northeastern Nigeria's deadliest mass killing in 2017. 21/11/2017
Nigeria British hostage killed in Nigeria, three others released The UK Foreign Office confirms David Squire was killed, but three others who were kidnapped at the same time have been freed. 06/11/2017
Nigeria Nigeria's freed Chibok girls prepare to go home More than 100 women took part in the 'send forth' dinner organised by the government 14/09/2017
Nigeria Boko Haram has killed nearly 400 people in five months Boko Haram has killed nearly 400 people in Nigeria and Cameroon since April 05/09/2017
Nigeria Girl and baby blown-up in ‘appalling increase’ of human bombs in Nigeria The number of children blown-up has quadrupled so far in 2017. 23/08/2017
Nigeria 'Chibok girls' ready to return to their communities Over 100 'Chibok girls' kinapped by Boko Haram militants from the northern Nigerian town are ready to reintegrate into society after months of medical treatment and counseling. 22/08/2017
Nigeria Suicide bombers strike northeast Nigeria, killing 27 Twenty-seven people have died after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a market in northeastern Nigeria. 16/08/2017
Nigeria Deadly shooting spree in Nigerian church At least 11 people have been killed and 18 wounded in a shooting spree in a church in southeastern Nigeria 07/08/2017
no comment Nigeria Muslims pray for peace as Ramadan holy month ends Worshippers gathered in Lagos to mark the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday 25/06/2017
Nigeria Nigeria: Freed Chibok girls reunite with families The 82 girls were released by Boko Haram in exchange for commanders of the jihadist group. 20/05/2017
Nigeria Nigeria's President Buhari welcomes freed Chibok schoolgirls Freed Chibok schoolgirls are taken to meet Nigeria's president before being reunited with their families 08/05/2017
Nigeria Boko Haram frees 82 Chibok school girls 82 Nigerian schoolgirls Kidnapped by Boko Haram three years ago in Chibok have been freed. 07/05/2017
Nigeria Boko Haram frees 82 Chibok schoolgirls in prisoner swap Boko Haram militants have released 82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in the Nigerian town of Chibok more than three years ago. 07/05/2017
Africanews Nigeria meningitis death toll rises, 745 killed A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed 745 people, an increase of more than 50 percent in barely a week, officials said Wednesday, sounding the alarm over the feared epidemic. 20/04/2017
Africanews 1000 days with Boko Haram: any hope for the remaining 196 Chibok schoolgirls? The world was struck with distraught in April 2014 when Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram raided a school's dormitories at night in the northern town of Chibok and abducted 276 schoolgirls. 14/04/2017
Nigeria Shell's shady dealings with money launderer revealed in ex-spy's emails Oil giant Shell has 'changed its tune' as emails emerge showing dealings with a convicted money launderer and point to possible bribery. 11/04/2017
no comment Thousands displaced as police flatten Nigeria slum Residents of a Nigerian shantytown on Saturday (18 March) spoke of “losing hope”, a day after security forces used gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order, 19/03/2017
Africanews Nigeria: Osinbajo will continue to act as president while I take rest -Buhari Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday asked the vice president, yemi Osinbajo to continue in the capacity of acting president while he takes rest. 10/03/2017
no comment Nigeria fire: blaze rips through Lagos suburb A fire has ripped through a local suburb in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. 21/02/2017
Nigeria Scores dead as Nigerian warplane mistakenly strikes refugee camp Many dead a Nigerian attack plane hits refugee camp 17/01/2017
Nigeria More than 10.7 million in need of urgent help amid Boko Haram insurgency There are some new alarming figures about the worsening refugee crisis in the north of Nigeria and neighbouring countries. 14/01/2017
Nigeria Campaigners mark 1000 days since Chibok girls' abduction Campaigners from the “Bring Back Our Girls” group marched through the centre of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja in a protest to mark the 1,000th day since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the 08/01/2017
Nigeria Nigerian army finds another Chibok schoolgirl taken by Boko Haram Nigerian soldiers have found a schoolgirl who was one of more than 200 pupils kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram. 06/01/2017
Nigeria Nigeria: Boko Haram driven from Sambisa forest by army Nigeria’s army has driven Boko Haram militants from their last camp in the northeastern Sambisa forest the group’s, the president Muhammadu Buhari has said in a… 24/12/2016
World Nigeria on the brink of famine North east Nigeria is facing a humanitarian crisis where 55,000 people at risk of dying because they have no food. Aid Zone visits Maiduguri where some malnutrition cases are critical. 15/12/2016
