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At least 40 people are believed dead after a bomb blast in northeast Nigeria. First reports said the victims were part of a crowd at a football

Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly met with intermediaries of Boko Haram in an effort to negotiate the release of some 200

After seven weeks as prisoners of Boko Haram, taken from their school in northern Nigeria in the night by the Islamist militant group, there are now

Nigeria’s military claims to known where the 200 or more girls are, who were kidnapped by Islamist extremists in April, but they won’t attempt a

As Nigeria sees more protests over the spate of violence in recent days and the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram Islamists, the

Islamist militants Boko Haram are being blamed for killing 30 people in villages near Chibok where hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls were

At least 118 people have died in two car bomb explosions in the Nigerian city of Jos. Dozens have been injured in the blasts, which took place just

The Nigerian city of Jos has been rocked by two bomb blasts killing at least 118 people and injuring many more. The explosions happened in a

Britain has sent a military plane to help with the international effort to search for more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. Although a

A suicide car bomb has exploded in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Five people are reported dead. The attack took place in an area inhabited by

West African leaders met with the French President, British Foreign Minister and EU and US representatives in Paris on Saturday to discuss the threat

A month has passed since on April 14 the Islamic organisation Boko Haram kidnapped 276 young girls from their school in Chibok, a town of over 66,000

Parents of the school girls being held by Islamist militants in Nigeria have been identifying their daughters from the video released by the Boko

Nigeria’s government says the “window of negotiation” is open with Boko Haram, suggesting it may be willing to talk with the militant group that

The United States has sent surveillance aircraft to help in the search for more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. The teenagers were taken by

The Nigerian government says it is reviewing all options to rescue more than 200 abducted schools girls, after the release of a video apparently

Islamist militants have released a video purporting to show some of the Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction has triggered international

Islamist militants have released a video, purporting to show some of the Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction has prompted an international

Global support for the plight of missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in north eastern Nigeria is growing. In New York City Mayor De Blasio

The United Nations has joined the chorus of international outrage at the kidnapping of over 250 girls in Nigeria. The Security Council said it is

Nigeria has denied claims it received a warning about an impending attack on a school from which more than 200 girls were abducted. The accusation

Pressure brought by Nigerians living in the United States finally had an effect. The abduction of schoolgirls by terrorists in Nigeria left no one

Grieving mothers have gathered at the Nigerian school where more than two hundred school girls were taken by Islamist militants. Human rights

Little is left of the girls’ school in Nigeria’s rural northeast which is currently headlining in the world’s media — the school where a terror group

The mass abduction of nearly 300 girls from a school in Nigeria has ignited international outrage. Rallies have been held around the world, piling

As Nigeria comes under increasing pressure to track down more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, France says it is making a specialist team available to