Attack In Nigeria

A zookeeper in Nigeria was mauled to death by a lion after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when he went to feed it.

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in a string of suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, emergency services said.

Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching homes, the local government said on Tuesday.

Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday.

An army drone strike accidentally hit a village in northwestern Nigeria killing dozens of civilians celebrating a Muslim festival, local authorities, the military and residents said on Monday.

Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and kidnapped at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said, two days after armed men kidnapped dozens from a university in the state.

Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.

Gunmen attacked a US convoy in southeast Nigeria's Anambra State on Tuesday, police and a US official said, killing four people and abducting three others.

Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police said Sunday.

The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria.

Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria's Ondo state on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said.

A Russian malware planted from a server in Nigeria was used for a recent cyber attack on Oil India's (OIL) system in Assam's Duliajan, which had brought down the PSU major's network, a top police official said on Friday.

An explosive device went off in a bar in Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 19, police told AFP.

An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday.

A 52-year-old man, who recently travelled to Nigeria, tested positive for the Covid's fast-spreading Omicron strain after he died of a heart attack at a hospital on the outskirts of Pune.

A zookeeper in Nigeria was mauled to death by a lion after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when he went to feed it.

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in a string of suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, emergency services said.

Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching homes, the local government said on Tuesday.

Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday.

An army drone strike accidentally hit a village in northwestern Nigeria killing dozens of civilians celebrating a Muslim festival, local authorities, the military and residents said on Monday.

Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and kidnapped at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said, two days after armed men kidnapped dozens from a university in the state.

Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.

Gunmen attacked a US convoy in southeast Nigeria's Anambra State on Tuesday, police and a US official said, killing four people and abducting three others.

Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police said Sunday.

The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria.

Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria's Ondo state on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said.

A Russian malware planted from a server in Nigeria was used for a recent cyber attack on Oil India's (OIL) system in Assam's Duliajan, which had brought down the PSU major's network, a top police official said on Friday.

An explosive device went off in a bar in Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 19, police told AFP.

An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday.

A 52-year-old man, who recently travelled to Nigeria, tested positive for the Covid's fast-spreading Omicron strain after he died of a heart attack at a hospital on the outskirts of Pune.