Nigeria

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists, responsible for scores of deadly bombings in recent months, are suspected of having hideouts in Sokoto, but the group has rarely attacked within the city.

Fifty bodies, linked to the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), were reportedly discovered in the home of a pastor in Matse. The bodies were suspected to be those who ran for

ISLAMIST militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 50 people in north-central Nigeria ? and called on the country's Christians to convert to

Mustapha Salisu, spokesman for a special task force made up of policemen and soldiers deployed in the area to curb years of violence, said assailants launched "sophisticated

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Some churches in the North, usually packed with worshippers, were almost empty on Sunday morning and many people stayed away in other parts of the country after a week of violence in

BERLIN — Al-Qaeda's north African branch has blamed the German government for the recent death of a hostage in a botched rescue raid in Nigeria, and warned Berlin to improve its treatment

Two churches in northern and central Nigeria have been attacked, one by gunmen and the other by a suicide bomber, witnesses said. There was no immediate word on casualties and no claim

Kano — A top security source has told Daily Trust that a German, Raufach Edgar, who was kidnapped in Kano on January 26 this year was killed by his captors this morning before he could be

Germany has freed a Muslim woman jailed for aiding terrorists, in fulfillment of a condition set by kidnappers of a German construction worker in Kano for his release, Daily Trust