Kano

Soldiers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killed four suspected members of Boko Haram Islamist sect in a raid on their hideout on Sunday, an army spokesman said. "We carried out an o

KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked worship services at a university campus and a church in northern Nigeria, killing at least 21 people in coordinated assaults that saw panicked Christians gunne

KANO, Nigeria — Police say gunmen from a radical Islamist sect have attacked another police station, killing one officer in a north Nigeria city where they killed 185 people last week.

The sound of heavy gunfire caused panic early Tuesday in northern Nigeria's city of Kano when security forces raided a suspected Islamist hideout just days after attacks killed 185, witnesses s

Police on Thursday fired tear gas and beat demonstrators who staged a protest in Nigeria's main northern city against soaring fuel prices, an organiser of the rally said.

Police in Nigeria have arrested 14 suspected Islamist militants, after a shoot-out in which seven people were killed in the northern city of Kano.