Nigeria`s biggest opposition party Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging it with an All Progressives Congress (APC) with the intention of defeating the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in future elections.
April 19 2013, 5:03 pm
Read MoreA Briton who was kidnapped in Nigeria`s commercial capital of Lagos last week has been released.
March 29 2013, 12:23 am
Read MoreNigerian military pounded the camps of Islamic militant group Boko Haram`s strongholds across the northeast, killing dozens of militants, the military said.
May 18 2013, 9:41 am
Read MoreNigerian military on Sunday killed 20 members of radical Islamist militant group Boko Haram as it repelled their attack on Army barracks in the northeastern state of Borno.
March 3 2013, 10:44 pm
Read MoreIn a pre-dawn attack, unknown assailants killed three South Korean doctors in Nigeria`s northern state of Robe, police said on Sunday.
February 10 2013, 7:01 pm
Read MoreAt least two people were killed and 1,500 others were displaced during a communal clash in the suburb of Nigeria`s capital territory of Abuja.
December 31 2012, 8:27 am
Read MoreAn Islamic extremist group in Nigeria has said it is kidnapping women and children as part of its bloody guerrilla campaign against the country`s government.
May 14 2013, 8:44 am
Read MoreA suspected time bomb detonated near a praying ground in Nigeria`s northern city of Kano Sunday injuring three security men.
December 3 2012, 10:58 pm
Read MoreGunmen suspected to be members of radical Islamic group Boko Haram attacked a high security police building in Nigerian capital on Monday, reportedly freeing some prisoners.
November 26 2012, 8:32 pm
Read MoreUN Women head Michelle Bachelet demanded punishment for culprits of the gangrape-cum-murder of a Delhi girl, saying a strong message must be sent that violence against women will not be accepted.
January 11 2013, 11:30 pm
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