MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and abducted at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional ...

The incident is the latest in recent errant bombings of residents in Nigeria’s north where armed groups are rampant.

Nigeria’s emergency services agency says more than 80 people are confirmed dead after military drones “mistakenly” bombed a religious gathering in the northwest. Some 60 people were injured in the ...

Some of the victims were taken to the State Orthopaedic Hospital for emergency treatment. Residents of Rugar Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government of Katsina State said 14 people were ...

A British aid worker kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed, while three other hostages have been freed, says the Foreign Office. Ian Squire, an optician, was one of four Britons ...

Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state, a local official said Tuesday.

Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to ...

An autopsy report was released Sunday for 14-year-old Lyric Woods who was shot and killed in Orange County. According to the report, Lyric Woods was shot seven times near a power-line easement in ...

A report by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Center for African Studies has ...

Despite a boycott call by the Maoists, villagers in Naxal-infested Bastar of Chhattisgarh turned out to vote in large numbers. Unlike the Indian cricket team in the World Cup, the Congress may ...

More than a dozen people are dead following a bus bombing in Syria's capital city of Damascus. Two explosive devices detonated on board a military bus during rush hour Wednesday, killing at least ...