Nigeria Three die in Nigerian pipeline explosion At least seven people have been injured in the blast near Olugboboro in Bayelsa state 29/03/2016
Nigeria Nigeria: suicide bomber turns herself in after recognising relatives among potential victims Dozens dead and injured after bombers struck at a camp for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east of the country 11/02/2016
Nigeria Two female suicide bombers kill over 60 in Nigeria More than 60 killed in twin bombing in Nigeria Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up Attack targets displaced people camp More than 60 11/02/2016
Niger Boko Haram burns children alive, kills more than 80 - reports Charred corpses littered the streets of a village in north-eastern Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram extremists Saturday night. 31/01/2016
Economy Calls for an emergency meeting of OPEC countries as oil prices slip Volatile trading in oil has prompted calls for an emergency meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Benchmark Brent crude 12/01/2016
Nigeria Nigeria's president offers to negotiate schoolgirls' release Nigeria’s new president says the government is prepared to negotiate with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram “without preconditions” to secure 31/12/2015
Nigeria Boko Haram keeps up Christmas offensive in Nigeria Details are now coming in of the latest deadly Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria which have left at least 80 people dead in Maiduguri, the 29/12/2015
Nigeria Nigeria gas factory blast kills 'tens of people' says Buhari Up to a dozen people are feared to have been killed by an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria. The blast happened on Christmas Eve when a 25/12/2015
Nigeria Nigeria: dozens feared dead after explosion destroys gas plant An explosion at a cooking gas plant in south-eastern Nigeria has killed at least four people – although some reports say dozens more have died. The 25/12/2015
Nigeria Shell can be held liable for Nigeria oil spills, rules Dutch court A Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary in Nigeria can be held liable for oil spills, an appeals court in The Hague has ruled. Shell has been ordered to 19/12/2015
Nigeria Polish cargo crew kidnapped off Nigeria are freed A Polish cargo vessel crew, kidnapped last month off the Nigerian coast, have been freed. “Everything ended happily. The sailors are safe and sound 08/12/2015
Chad Triple suicide attack in Chad leaves dozens dead Around 30 people have been killed and another 80 injured in three suicide attacks on the island of Koulfoua in Lake Chad in Africa. It wasn’t 05/12/2015
Nigeria Polish sailors kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria coast Pirates have attacked a Polish-owned cargo ship off Nigeria and abducted the captain and four crew members. The armed kidnappers boarded and looted 27/11/2015
Nigeria Nigeria: Suicide attack on Shi'ite pilgrims 'kills 21' At least 21 people are feared dead after a suicide attack on an annual procession of Shi’ite Muslims in Nigeria. The bomber struck on Friday outside 27/11/2015
Nigeria Many victims in suicide bomb blasts in Nigeria There’s been more violence in northern Nigeria where two female suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a mobile phone market in the city of 19/11/2015
Nigeria Nigerian military 'frees 338 hostages' from Boko Haram camps Army raids on Boko Haram camps in north-eastern Nigeria are said to have resulted in the release of 338 hostages. According to a military statement 28/10/2015
Nigeria Dozens killed in Nigeria bomb blasts At least 37 people have been killed and 107 wounded in two bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria. A device was detonated during morning prayers at a 23/10/2015
Nigeria 'Dozens dead' in Nigeria mosque blasts Dozens of people are reported dead after a double suicide attack at a mosque in northeast Nigeria. It happened during evening prayers on Thursday in 16/10/2015
Nigeria Nigeria: at least 15 dead after double bomb attack in capital Abuja At least 15 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a double bomb attack in the Nigerian capital Abuja. One of the blasts happened 03/10/2015