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FILE: A boy looks on as a soldier sits on the back of an armed vehicle in Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria on 7 July 2017. Picture: AFP

Nigerian blasts

Nigeria imposes curfew as 70 die in escalating communal clashes

By Reuters

Insecurity has become a major electoral problem for President Muhammadu Buhari, who plans to seek re-election in February and who won power on pledges to...

  • A file photo taken on 30 April, 2013 shows soldiers walking in the street in the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno State. Boko Haram launched renewed attacks around a captured town in restive northeast Nigeria this week, razing at least 16 towns and villages, a local government and a union official told AFP on 8 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Blast kills 31 people in northeast Nigerian state of Borno: residents

    They said the blast occurred in the Damboa local government area in the south of the state, which is at the epicentre of an Islamist militant insurgency.

    1440 days ago
  • A Boko Haram flag. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerian army rescues 5 people from Boko Haram

    Seven villages were involved in the operation which led to the rescue of five persons while several vehicles and other light weapons were discovered.

    1672 days ago
  • A file photo taken on 30 April, 2013 shows soldiers walking in the street in the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno State. Boko Haram launched renewed attacks around a captured town in restive northeast Nigeria this week, razing at least 16 towns and villages, a local government and a union official told AFP on 8 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Boko Haram and famine hit efforts to rebuild lives in Nigeria’s northeast

    More than seven million people risk starvation in the surrounding Lake Chad region, according to the United Nations.

    1917 days ago
  • A female teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt. Picture: AFP,

    Failed suicide bombing in Kano, Nigeria

    A female teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt.

    2516 days ago
  • A man tries to gather traces of the blasts in Maiduguri on 7 March, 2015. Three bombings in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri killed 58 people and wounded 139 others, the area police chief said. Picture: AFP.

    At least 50 dead in Nigeria blasts - hospital official

    Three explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday.

    2638 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab from a Boko Haram video shows the leader of the terrorist group Abubakar Shekau delivering a message. The 35-minute message was posted on YouTube. Picture: AFP/Boko Haram

    Chadian soldiers kill 207 Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria

    Chad’s military also claimed to have seized large quantities of small arms and ammunition.

    2648 days ago
  • FILE: Five people have been killed and dozens wounded by a female suicide bomber in the Nigerian town of Potiskum. Picture: Sxc.hu.

    Female suicide bomber kills 5, wounds dozens in Nigeria

    The incident took place at a security checkpoint outside a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum.

    2651 days ago
  • FILE: Explosions hit an opposition political rally in southern Nigeria on Tuesday and Islamist insurgents struck in the north, with unrest spreading after a presidential election was postponed.Picture: AFP

    Explosions, gunfire at south Nigeria rally kill policeman

    A police officer was killed and several people wounded when five explosions hit an opposition rally in Okrika.

    2655 days ago
  • FILE: There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. Picture: AFP.

    Suicide car bombing kills four at Nigeria bus station

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

    2686 days ago
  • A small group of people have gathered outside the Nigerian consulate in Sandton in Johannesburg to express outrage over ongoing atrocities by terror group Boko Haram. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Five protest over Nigeria violence in Sandton

    Five people gathered outside the Nigerian consulate surrounded by cards with the words ‘Stop the Violence’.

    2687 days ago
  • FILE: People stand at a scene where a bomb exploded on 23 July 2014 in Kaduna, north of Nigeria. Picture: AFP.

    Bomb blast kills 5 at bus station in north Nigeria

    The blast is likely to be blamed on Boko Haram militants, casting doubt on the recently signed ceasefire pact.

    2773 days ago
  • FILE:A blast hit a busy market on Tuesday, killing at least eight people in the Borno State capital of Maiduguri. Picture: AFP.

    Bomb hits Nigeria market, 8 dead

    A blast hit a busy market killing at least eight people in the Borno State capital of Maiduguri.

    2887 days ago
  • The explosion hit the suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of a morning bomb attack at a bus station in April. Picture: AFP.

    Blast kills 15 near Nigerian capital

    The explosion hit the suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of a morning bomb attack at a bus station in April.

    2947 days ago
  • FILE:Nigerian president Goodluck Johnathan. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerian leaders join forces to fight Boko Haram

    Nigerian leaders Nigeria appealed for a united front against Boko Haram on Thursday.

    2954 days ago
  • A soldier stands guard in front of burnt buses after an attack in Abuja, on 14 April, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria pledges tight security for WEF

    This follows a bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants on the capital’s outskirts on Monday.

    2964 days ago
  • Witnesses say more than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast. Picture: AFP.

    Nigerian bus station blast kills 35

    Witnesses say more than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast.

    2965 days ago
  • FILE: Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were wounded by the blasts which also destroyed eight vehicles.

    Suicide bombers kill 15 in Nigeria

    Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were also wounded by the blasts.

    2976 days ago
  • FILE: Police confirmed the raids by Fulani herdsman at around 11 pm on Friday on three villages in Kaduna state. Picture: supplied.

    100 killed in Nigerian attacks

    Police confirmed the raids by Fulani herdsman on three villages in Kaduna state.

    2993 days ago
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