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The cause of the explosions at the Nyanya Bus Park was not immediately clear

71 killed in blasts at bus station in Nigeria

Twin blasts at a bus station packed with commuters on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital this morning killed 71 people and injured 124 others, police have said.

News • 14 Apr 14

Fulani leaders claim 120 people were killed in the attack (Pic: EPA)

79 people killed in Nigerian herdsmen attacks

79 people have been killed in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara State

News • 06 Apr 14

Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer and exporter, has seen high rates of growth in recent years

Nigeria poised to become Africa's biggest economy

Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa's biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced.

Business • 04 Apr 14

The area has long-standing disputes over land, religion and ethnicity

Gunmen kill over 100 people in Nigeria

Gunmen have killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, two local government officials said this morning.

News • 16 Mar 14

Boko Haram kill more than 100 in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria.

News • 16 Feb 14

Nigerian forces have stepped up an offensive against Boko Haram

70 reported killed in clashes in Nigeria

Nigeria's military said this morning it had killed at least 50 Islamist rebels fleeing towards Cameroon in a battle in which 15 of its own soldiers and five civilians also died.

News • 24 Dec 13

Pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast have jumped by a third this year

Pirates kidnap two Americans off Nigerian coast

Pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both US citizens.

News • 24 Oct 13

Boko Haram kill 20 in north east Nigeria

At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there.

News • 06 Oct 13

Boko Haram is thought to the behind the attack

Around 40 students killed in Nigeria attack

Around 40 students have been shot dead by suspected Islamist militants, who stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria.

News • 30 Sep 13

Abubakar Shekau has been blamed for a campaign of deadly attacks in Nigeria

Boko Haram leader may be dead - report

The Nigerian military has said that the leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds weeks after a clash with soldiers.

News • 19 Aug 13

Gunmen 'kill 30' at mosque in Nigeria

Gunmen are reported to have killed at least 30 people in an attack in a farming region in northeast Nigeria.

News • 12 Aug 13

Royal Dutch Shell's Peter Voser disappointed with second quarter results

Nigeria and higher costs hit Shell profits

Rising costs, oil theft in Nigeria and weak US shale liquids production have hurt profits at Royal Dutch Shell.

Business • 01 Aug 13

Witnesses said they saw dead bodies after hearing multiple blasts in the predominantly Christian Sabon Gari district

Bomb blasts in Nigerian city Kano kill four

Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano killed at least four people.

News • 29 Jul 13

Nigerian government has declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states

29 students killed in Nigerian school attack

Islamic extremists have killed 29 students and one teacher in an attack on a boarding school in northeast Nigeria.

News • 06 Jul 13

A military spokesman said two soldiers were among the 55 dead

55 dead after suspected Boko Haram raid in Nigeria

Suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram raided the northeastern town of Bama tonight, leaving 55 people dead, the military said.

News • 07 May 13

A doctor at a hospital in the coastal town of Calabar said they had received 45 bodies of passengers who had drowned

45 dead after boat capsizes off coast of Nigeria

At least 45 people died when a wooden boat carrying 166 people capsized off the coast of Nigeria.

News • 19 Mar 13

Nigerian authorities said they had no information on the killings

Nigeria-based terror group kills 7 hostages

Seven foreign hostages kidnapped by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction firm compound last month have been killed.

News • 10 Mar 13

Terror group said it killed the hostages because Nigerian and British forces were trying to stage a rescue operation

7 foreign hostages reported killed in Nigeria

A Nigerian-based Islamist group said it has killed seven foreign hostages seized last month from a construction company in the north of the country.

News • 09 Mar 13

William Hague said he is concerned for the safety of those seized

Ansaru claims kidnap of foreigners in Nigeria

An Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for kidnapping seven foreigners in an attack in a remote Nigerian town at the weekend.

News • 18 Feb 13

Health workers were killed in two separate attacks

Nine health workers shot dead in Nigeria

Nine health workers who were administering polio vaccinations have been shot dead in two separate attacks in Nigeria's main northern city of Kano.

News • 08 Feb 13

Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

Twin suicide car bombs exploded at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding 30.

News • 26 Nov 12

Nigeria's army seeks information on Boko Haram

Reward issued in return for Boko Haram information

Nigeria's army has offered 290 million naira (€1.3m) for information leading to the capture of 19 leading members of Islamist sect Boko Haram.

News • 26 Nov 12

The explosion blasted out one of the church's walls

Suicide bomber attacks Nigeria church

A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, killing at least eight people and injuring 100.

News • 30 Oct 12

Ten others were arrested in the city of Damaturu

Up to 35 killed in Nigerian violence

At least 35 people were killed when Nigerian soldiers opened fire after a bomb blast struck their convoy in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.

News • 08 Oct 12

At least 26 students killed in Nigeria gun attack

Gunmen shot dead at least 26 students in an attack on their college residence in northeast Nigeria, a college spokesman has said.

News • 02 Oct 12