Nigeria islamists
Niger Delta Avengers claim first attack in energy hub since ceasefire
An Avengers spokesman said that the attack took place in the sea near Bonny island in Rivers State.
The group’s 7-year insurgency to create an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has killed 15,000 people.
Kidnapping for ransom is a common problem in some parts of Nigeria and the southern Delta energy hub.
Inflation and soaring food prices come at a time when people have little left from the last harvest.
It was the deadliest attack carried out in Niger by the Islamist group since April 2015.
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.
The explosion rocked a fruit & vegetable market beside a main road in the city of Yola.
101 of the those freed were children, 67 were women and the rest were men.
The blast tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday,
29 people died and 60 were injured in multiple blasts at two bus stations in the city of Gombe.
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.
President Goodluck Jonathan is running against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.
Witness Abdul Hassan said soldiers had run away after the checkpoint was overwhelmed.
Boko Haram is the Nigerian Islamist terror group and is translated as “western or secular education is a sin”.
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.
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening.