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The statement said five suspects who had been based in Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory were arrested.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said he has never been "so sick" as he has felt in recent weeks.

A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens more.

Hospital sources said 200 others had been treated for injuries.

Nigerian troops rescued a Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago in a raid Saturday. She had a 10-month-old baby boy born to a Boko Haram fighter, said a statement from army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman.

NIGERIA’S First Lady has openly questioned her husband’s work and said she may not support him if he runs again — comments that President Muhammadu Buhari laughed off, saying, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.”

A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour, the main industry body says.

The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video message denying a claim by the military that he was killed or badly wounded in an air strike last month.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an "overzealous" staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama.

A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked from an overcrowded rubber dinghy.

The jihadist group Boko Haram, whose name translates roughly to “Western education is forbidden,” was founded in 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf.

Nigeria's army says it has killed several commanders of the Islamist group Boko Haram in an air strike and seriously wounded its disputed leader.

The Nigerians were evidently unfazed by the error, holding off Japan for a 5-4 victory. But their disappointment was apparent when the music began playing.

A Nigerian behind thousands of online scams around the world has been arrested in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol alleges.

But an increasingly common sight for Africans -- especially those in Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is traveling to London on Monday to receive treatment for an ear infection.

Attack kills 30 soldiers f-rom Niger and two f-rom Nigeria on countries' border near city of Bossa, Niger officials say.

When Boko Haram snatched 276 schoolgirls f-rom a school in Nigeria, their families led a global campaign to bring them back. Two years on, distraught relatives live in hope they will return, but also fear that they may have lost their daughters to the group’s brainwashing. Monica Mark reports f-rom Abuja for BuzzFeed News.