150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state. Africa • 05 Jul
136 children kidnapped from school in Nigeria Gunmen seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria at the weekend, the state government said, the latest in a string of such ... World • 03 Jun
Children abducted from Islamic school in Nigeria Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents in the country. World • 31 May
More than 150 feared drowned in Nigeria ferry accident More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger ... World • 26 May
Dozens feared abducted after gunmen raid college At least 30 students are feared kidnapped in Nigeria after gunmen raided a college in a northwestern state. World • 12 Mar
All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released - governor All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor has said. World • 02 Mar
42 freed after Nigeria school abductions Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria ten days ago, officials said, a day after more than ... World • 27 Feb
Gunmen take 317 schoolgirls in Nigeria mass abduction Unidentified gunmen seized 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria today, police said, the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region increasingly targeted ... World • 26 Feb
Nigerian woman named new boss in double first for WTO Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the first female and first African head of the World Trade Organization, at a special general meeting today. Business • 15 Feb
Kidnapped boys in Nigeria returning home after release Over 300 boys kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are travelling back home under military escort after being released by their captors. World • 18 Dec 20
Almost 350 schoolboys kidnapped in Nigeria are rescued Security forces have rescued nearly 350 schoolboys who had been kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in northern Nigeria and taken into a vast forest, the ... World • 17 Dec 20
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigerian students Militant group Boko Haram has claimed it abducted the hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria last week. World • 15 Dec 20
Ten people rescued in Nigeria 'baby factory' raid Police in Nigeria have rescued ten people, including four children, four pregnant women and two other women from an illegal maternity home, a police spokesman ... World • 02 Dec 20
Two weeks of spiralling protests in Nigeria For two weeks Nigeria has been rocked by protests that erupted against police violence and evolved into broader anti-government demonstrations led by the country's youth, ... News Lens • 21 Oct 20
At least 12 killed in Nigeria shootings - Amnesty Nigerians were in shock after a shooting of peaceful protesters in the biggest city Lagos that Amnesty International blamed on security forces. World • 21 Oct 20
Protesters killed by Nigeria security forces - Amnesty Several protesters have been killed by security forces in Lagos in Nigeria today, Amnesty International has said. World • 20 Oct 20
92 Chadian soldiers killed in attack by Boko Haram Boko Haram jihadists have killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in a seven-hour attack on an island army base, in their deadliest assault yet on the ... News • 24 Mar 20
'When you leave, you don't just shut the door on them' Ashimedua Okonkwo, known also as Meddy, has been sending money back home since she moved to Ireland almost 20 years ago, and says she is ... Ireland • 15 Nov 19
Jihadists execute aid worker abducted in Nigeria Jihadists aligned to the so-called Islamic State group have executed one of six aid workers abducted in July in northeast Nigeria, charity group Action Against ... World • 25 Sep 19
10 dead in Nigeria as policeman rams car into crowd Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured when a policeman rammed his car into a group of children during an Easter procession in ... World • 22 Apr 19
British aid worker among two shot dead in Nigeria Two people including a British aid worker were shot dead and four tourists abducted from a resort in northwestern Nigeria in an attack on Friday, ... World • 21 Apr 19
Opposition slam call to delay Nigeria presidential poll Nigeria's president and the leading opposition candidate have urged people to remain calm after a national election scheduled for today was postponed by a week ... World • 16 Feb 19
Glencore facing money-laundering probe US authorities have demanded Glencore hand over documents about its business in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Nigeria as part of a corruption ... Business • 04 Jul 18
Minister to consider family's deportation appeal Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said he will give full consideration to the application from the Muojeke family against their deportation order on humanitarian ... News • 14 Jun 18
Parents: 105 girls missing after Boko Haram attack More than 100 girls are missing after a Boko Haram attack on a school in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, parents said today. World • 23 Feb 18
