By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, April 14 (Reuters) - Nigerian police have arrested a 33-member gang over a November attack in which ...

Nigerian police have apprehended a 33-member gang responsible for the abduction of 38 individuals from a church in central Kwara state. The arrests form part of a broader initiative to clamp down on ...

Armed men kidnapped 13 women and a baby in an overnight raid in northeastern Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country. A bride and 10 of her bridesmaids were ...

ABUJA — Armed gangs kidnapped 163 Christian worshippers after storming two churches in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, a member of the clergy told AFP. "The attackers came in numbers and ...

More than 200 suspected members of an armed criminal gang in central Nigeria have been killed in an ongoing operation, an official has told the BBC. The large-scale, multi-agency offensive started on ...

ABUJA — About 200 suspected members of a criminal band have been killed in an ongoing operation in central Nigeria, according to the BBC. The multi-agency offensive started on Saturday and had also ...

Nigeria’s ability to monitor and respond swiftly to large, mobile armed groups is being hindered by significant technological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police in Nigeria’s Kaduna State said that armed bandits abducted dozens of villagers over the weekend, after initially dismissing ...