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Suspected Boko Haram kills at least 40 in Nigeria's Yobe state, police say
Reuters via AOL· 7 months agoAt least 40 people were killed in Nigeria's Yobe state between Monday and Tuesday after suspected Boko Haram militants shot at villagers and set off a land mine, in the first major attack on ...
A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhat seemed like an aberration a decade ago when militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria's...
Extremists kill 37 villagers in latest attack in Nigeria's hard-hit northeast
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoExtremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks, residents said Wednesday, highlighting once again how deadly islamic extremist rebels have remained ...
Hungry and malnourished, northeast Nigeria endures humanitarian crisis
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShe is the latest arrival at a treatment centre for severely malnourished children in Nigeria's...
U.S. orders non-emergency government employees to depart Abuja, Nigeria
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe order was announced in an updated State Department advisory warning U.S. citizens to reconsider travel to the African country due to crime, terrorism and other threats. The order follows ...
West Africa floods destroy crops, worsening hunger fears
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOcheiga Enoch isn't expecting much of a rice harvest from north-central Nigeria after floodwaters...
Suspected Boko Haram kills 15 farmers in northeast Nigeria
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt least 15 rice farmers were killed and several others feared abducted in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked three villages, a local farmers' ...
Floods kill over 300 in Nigeria this year, and could worsen -emergency agency
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFloods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian ...
'God's plan': Family flees amid catastrophic Nigeria floods
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the floodwaters reached Aisha Ali’s hut made of woven straw mats and raffia palms, she packed...
U.N. seeks $1.3 billion for Nigerians affected by insurgency
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United Nations on Thursday appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of ...