Shocking! Woman burns lover's genitals with hot iron after sex
The victim was left in excruciating agony after the attack.
Dec 16, 2015, 02:03 AM IST
Suspected Boko Haram suicide attack kills at least 7 in Cameroon
Cameroon, Chad and Niger have formed a military alliance with Nigeria and Benin to battle the extremists, who this year declared allegiance to the Islamic State.
Dec 11, 2015, 17:52 PM IST
Nigeria police make arrests over Boko Haram `sleeper cells` in Abuja area
Nigeria`s secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko Haram Islamists in and around the capital Abuja.
Dec 06, 2015, 03:15 AM IST
Triple suicide attack `kills 27 on Lake Chad island`
A triple suicide bombing on an island in Lake Chad on Saturday killed at least 27 people and left more than 80 wounded, a Chadian security source said, in another apparent strike by Boko Haram Islamists despite a regional offensive to stop the insurgency.
Dec 06, 2015, 01:53 AM IST
Boko Haram claims bombing of Shiite procession in Nigeria
Boko Haram extremists have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a procession of hundreds of Shiite Muslims and threatened more attacks on opponents of its radical form of Islam.
Nov 29, 2015, 00:18 AM IST
Death toll rises to 22 in Nigeria suicide attack on Shi`ite Muslim procession
The death toll in a suicide bombing on a Shia Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano has risen to 22 after one more person was confirmed dead, one of the organisers said Saturday.
Nov 28, 2015, 15:55 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills 21 at Shi`ite Muslim procession in Nigeria
A suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up among crowds in a Shia Muslim procession outside the northeast Nigerian city of Kano, organisers told AFP.
Nov 27, 2015, 20:13 PM IST
Nigeria: Boko Haram cannot be crushed by December
Forces from Nigeria and neighboring Chad earlier this year drove the extremists out of areas in which they had proclaimed an Islamic caliphate.
Nov 27, 2015, 12:16 PM IST
Suicide attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon kill 12 plus 5 bombers
Officials say five girl suicide bombers have killed at least 12 people in Nigeria and Cameroon in weekend attacks. The bombers also died.
Nov 23, 2015, 18:46 PM IST
Female suicide bombers kill 15 in Kano, NE Nigeria: Police
Two young female suicide bombers, including one thought to be aged just 11, killed 15 people at a busy mobile phone market in Kano, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.
Nov 19, 2015, 00:13 AM IST
More than 30 dead as carnage returns to Nigeria
More than 30 people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited declaring that Boko Haram were close to defeat.
Nov 18, 2015, 08:58 AM IST
Night-time explosion kills, wounds people in NE Nigeria
A ight-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists has killed an unknown number of people at a bus station market in northeastern Nigeria.
Nov 18, 2015, 04:41 AM IST
Shots, teargas fired at pro-Biafra demo in Nigeria
Police in Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt on Tuesday fired shots and teargas to disperse hundreds of pro-Biafra supporters as they marched for the release of a key activist, residents said.
Nov 10, 2015, 23:23 PM IST
Chad decrees state of emergency in Lake Chad region
Chad's government has decreed a state of emergency in the flashpoint Lake Chad region, which also straddles Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger and is frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists.
Nov 10, 2015, 05:19 AM IST
Boko Haram attacks force 12,000 pupils from Niger schools: UN
151 schools with a total of 12,631 pupils had closed due to "insecurity that has sparked the absence of teachers and panic in the population".
Nov 06, 2015, 23:27 PM IST
Nigeria issues poster of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants
Nigeria's Army is posting photographs of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants including the shadowy leader whom they claim to have killed on at least three occasions.
Oct 31, 2015, 17:40 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills three in Nigeria's Maiduguri: Rresidents
A female suicide bomber on Saturday blew herself up in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing three people and injuring many others, residents said.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:16 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills three in Nigeria's Maiduguri: Residents
A female suicide bomber on Saturday blew herself up in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing three people and injuring many others, residents said.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:09 PM IST
World Polio Day: Fewer children with polio, says UNICEF
Never before in the history of polio have so few children contracted the virus, but the international community cannot rest until the number of cases is zero, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on the eve of World Polio Day.
Oct 24, 2015, 11:59 AM IST
Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE Nigeria
At least 27 people were killed in a bomb blast at a newly-inaugurated mosque in Yola, northeast Nigeria, on Friday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.
Oct 23, 2015, 22:24 PM IST
