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By Garba MuhammadKADUNA, Nigeria March 14 (Reuters) - Armed men attempted tokidnap more students in Nigeria's Kaduna state overnight onSunday, a state government official said, as...

(Recasts with video of the students, adds quotes) By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria, March 13 (Reuters) - A video of some of thestudents kidnapped from a college in northwest...

By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria March 13 (Reuters) - Nine more students thanoriginally thought are missing after gunmen stormed a forestrycollege in northwest Nigeria earlier...

* Resident reports hearing gunshots * Around 30 students kidnapped, 180 rescued, official says * Fourth such abduction since December (Adds quotes, details of broken wall) By Garba...

KADUNA, Nigeria, March 12 (Reuters) - Around 30 students aremissing after gunmen attacked a college in the northwestNigerian state of Kaduna, the state's security commissioner...

(Corrects pronoun in paragraph to 'he', not 'she') * Resident reports hearing gunshots * Around 30 students kidnapped, students say * Fourth such abduction since December By Garba...

KADUNA, Nigeria March 12 (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria'snorthwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from acollege late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a...

By Abraham Achirga and Camillus Eboh ABUJA, March 10 (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of Nigeria'smain labour unions marched to the parliament building in thecapital on Wednesday in...

ABUJA, March 9 (Reuters) - Britain has agreed to send toNigeria 4.2 million pounds ($5.84 million) recovered from aformer state governor who was jailed for laundering money...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 4 (Reuters) - Authorities inNigeria's Zamfara state have declared a curfew and shut marketactivities after violence marred the return of hundreds...

(Recasts, add details)By Afolabi Sotunde and Seun SanniJANGEBE, Nigeria, March 3 (Reuters) - One moment, Hadiza wasweeping and flinging her arms around her father for the firsttime...

JANGEBE, Nigeria, March 3 (Reuters) - Nigerian soldiersopened fire in the town of Jangebe as 279 schoolgirls who hadbeen kidnapped in northwest Nigeria were being returned to...

* Attackers abducted girls in northwestern Zamfara state * Kidnappings for ransom are common in parts of Nigeria * Freed victim says girls beaten, threatened with shooting *...

(Adds Islamic State claim, insurgents leaving town) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 2 (Reuters) - Islamic Stateinsurgents left the town of Dikwa on Tuesday after seizing andoverrunning...

ABUJA, March 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President MuhammaduBuhari banned mining and imposed a no-flight zone in thenorthwestern state of Zamfara on Tuesday, his national...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 2 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamistinsurgents overran the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa in Bornostate, a military stronghold and humanitarian hub,...

GUSAU, Nigeria, March 2 (Reuters) - "Repentant bandits"helped to secure the release of 279 schoolgirls who werekidnapped last week in Nigeria's northwesterly Zamfara state,the...