Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west.

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Blasts rock north Nigeria cities

A series of bombings by Nigerian Islamist militants Boko Haram kills about 150 people in the city of Kano, in the group’s deadliest attack to date.

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Scores dead after Nigerian blasts

An attack blamed on the Islamist Boko Haram group hits the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, reports say, killing at least two people.

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Deadly attack hits Nigerian city

A bomb exploded in a Catholic church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja during Christmas prayers Sunday and emergency services said they did not have enough ambulances available to evacuate all the dead and the wounded.

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More than 50 people have died in days of fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist gunmen in the country’s north-east, officials say.

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Nigeria clashes ‘leave 50 dead’

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Gunmen believed to be members of the Nigerian militant Islamist sect Boko Haram attack several targets in the country’s Yobe state, reports say.

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‘Nigerian sect’ in Yobe attacks

Suicide bombers target the headquarters of the military and secret service in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, army officials say.

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A Nigerian accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 tells his trial he is changing his plea to guilty.

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‘Underpants bomber’ admits attack

The trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the al-Qaeda suspect who allegedly tried to bring down a Northwest Airlines plane with a bomb hidden in his underwear in December 2009, will open Tuesday in Detroit amid some uncertainty about whether the Nigerian, who is representing himself, will offer a vigorous defense or attempt to use the courtroom as a political stage. Read full article > >

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Underwear-bomber trial set to begin with Abdulmutallab representing himself

Two RAF fighter jets escort a Nigerian air force plane to Cambridge Airport amid high security.

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RAF jets escort Nigerian aircraft

At least 10 people are killed and dozens injured, some critically, in a car bombing at the UN headquarters in the Nigerian capital Abuja.

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Deadly bomb strikes UN Nigeria HQ

A huge explosion rocked the main United Nations building in the Nigerian capital on Friday, spreading panic among citizens.

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Blast Hits U.N. Building in Nigeria

Suspected Islamist militants kill at least 12 people in attacks on banks and police stations in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Gombi.

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Nigeria’s pastors run multi-million dollar empires which rival that of oil tycoons, a Nigerian blogger who researches the issue tells the BBC.

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Nigeria’s ‘millionaire’ pastors