Boko Haram jihadists killed eight people in a series of raids on farming communities in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia members and local residents told AFP on Friday.
Gunmen kidnapped 19 bus passengers near Nigeria's southern oil hub, Port Harcourt, police said on on Friday, in the latest of a series of abductions in recent weeks.
Nigeria are hoping to persuade Swansea City teenager Tammy Abraham to play for the Super Eagles rather than England. On loan from Chelsea, the striker was born in London but can play for Nigeria through his father.
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has told his party members that he does not intend seeking re-election in 2019, according to a government official who claimed the comments were made in 2015 to APC members.
Nigerian officials are angry at the alleged killing of one of its nationals in South Africa by police officers and have now summoned South Africa's envoy over the matter.
The rights group, Amnesty International on Tuesday said that at least 381 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon have been killed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram since April this year.
