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US condemns 'excessive' use of force by military in Nigeria
Amnesty International says at least 38 people, including 12 in the capital Lagos, were killed by the Nigerian army and police in a brutal crackdown on...
Buhari will visit the region, rocked by attacks on oil & gas facilities, for the 1st time since taking office.
The Niger Delta Avengers said it had blown up the Chevron facility’s main electricity feed.
A labour union on Tuesday called for the evacuation of oil workers from the region.
Amnesty said more than 350 people were believed to have been unlawfully killed by the military.
Boko Haram controlled a swath of land in northeast Nigeria around the size of Belgium at the start of 2015.
101 of the those freed were children, 67 were women and the rest were men.
29 people died and 60 were injured in multiple blasts at two bus stations in the city of Gombe.
The military is pressing on with an offensive against the terrorist group.
The army is now profiling the girls to verify if they're the same girls who were kidnapped a year ago.
Nigeria's electoral commission said on Saturday it would extend voting into an extra day.
Islamist Boko Haram insurgents launched two deadly attacks on voters in northeast Nigeria on Saturday.
Fears of violence is driving people out of major cities and towns to rural communities.
President Goodluck Jonathan is running against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.
Al Jazeera said the journalists, Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa, were being kept in their hotel rooms.
The recapturing of Damasak was the latest victory in a regional offensive that has turned the tide.
The 54-nation African Union has already approved a force of up to 10,000 troops.
Pahimi said that about 2,000 Nigerians and 500 Chadians crossed the border into Chad in recent days.
Locals said the Islamist insurgents began shooting indiscriminately and burning buildings on Tuesday evening.