Nigeria

Last Updated: May 24, 2013, 12:18 am

Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics.

Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe

Dignitaries from across the world are gathering in Ogidi, in Nigeria's Anambra state, to witness the interment of renowned author Chinua Achebe on Thursday.

Chinua Achebe to be buried today

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state.

Nigeria to free 'terror' women

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of all women held in connection with "terrorist activity", the defence ministry says.

'Mass arrests' at Nigeria funeral

About 120 militant Islamists are arrested in Maiduguri as they organise the funeral of a commander killed in clashes, the Nigerian army says.

Some Nigerians richer than the nation

The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has expressed worry over what he termed “the serious threat corruption is posing to our corporate existence as a nation”.

Nigeria army says Boko Haram is in disarray

The Nigerian military says that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.

Nigeria begins raids on Boko Haram

Nigeria's army begins operations against militant Islamists after states of emergency were declared in three north-eastern states.

Curfew imposed in Nigerian state

Nigeria's army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across the north-eastern state of Adamawa to curb attacks by militant Islamists.

Nigerian President declares emergency in states after Islamist attack

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups.

Nigeria: Ambush kills 30 police officers, several still missing

At least 30 police officers in Nigeria have been killed in an ambush by a local militia in the Nasarawa state, officials have said.

'Many dead' in Nigeria militant raid

Fifty-five people have been killed in a raid by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, the military says.

Nigeria army seizes heavy weapons

Nigeria's army says it seized rocket-propelled grenades during last week's fighting with militants in Baga - believe

Nigeria fighting 'kills scores' in Baga

Clashes between the military and Islamist militants in north Nigeria are reported to have killed at least 185 civilians and destroyed 2,000 homes.

Nigeria Boko Haram amnesty bid gets president's backing

Nigeria's president is establishing a committee to examine how to enter into dialogue with Boko Haram and bring in an amnesty for the Islamist insurgents.

Nigeria: Two journalists face criminal charges for story

Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the nation's presidency to disrupt opposition parties.

Nigeria's Boko Haram rejects Jonathan's amnesty idea

Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram rejects the idea of an amnesty a week after the president sets up a high level team to consider the idea.

Nigeria police bodies found in Niger Delta after ambush

Nigeria's security forces have found the bodies of 11 of the 12 policemen killed in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Friday, police say.

14 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Kano during Easter raid

Nigerian soldiers have killed 14 suspected Islamist insurgents on Sunday during a dawn raid on a house in the main northern city of Kano, the military said.

Deadly attacks on Nigeria town

At least 25 people are killed as gunmen attack a prison, a police station, a bank and a bar in an eastern Nigerian town, police say. Boko Haram's grip on Maiduguri

Nigeria capsize survivors found

Twenty-nine people are rescued after a boat carrying about 130 people from Nigeria to Gabon sinks, rescue officials say.