Nigeria police force
Armed herdsmen kill 20 farmers in western Nigerian mosque
Nigerian police say eight others were injured when armed herdsman opened fire in a mosque on Saturday.
Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin agreed at the weekend to send a joint 8,700-strong force.
The blast is likely to be blamed on Boko Haram militants, casting doubt on the recently signed ceasefire pact.
A man posing as the group’s leader in numerous videos has also reportedly been killed in clashes.
Cameroon has introduced measures to increase security on its long jungle border with Nigeria.
Sources say a female bomber blew herself up at a petrol station in northern Nigeria.
Thousands of people have fled an area in northeast Nigeria after a spate of assaults.
A blast hit a busy market killing at least eight people in the Borno State capital of Maiduguri.
An explosion hit a venue in the northeast Nigerian where fans had gathered to watch a World Cup match.
Soldiers stopped the woman as she tried to get into the barracks with explosives hidden under her robes.
Police said protesters were free to march in Abuja were they had been previously stopped.
Reports say at least 40 people have been killed in a bombing on a football pitch in northeast Nigeria.
Nigerian officials say the woman was detained for falsely claiming to be the mother of a missing girl.
Reverend Makasha says he’s not satisfied with the way his government has handled the matter.
The explosion hit the suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of a morning bomb attack at a bus station in April.
Nigerian leaders Nigeria appealed for a united front against Boko Haram on Thursday.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were also wounded by the blasts.
The prisoners struck on Sunday as the guards from Nigeria’s State Security Service came in to feed them.
Police confirmed the raids by Fulani herdsman on three villages in Kaduna state.