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Nigeria health official display a leaflet explaining Ebola Virus Disease at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Nigerian emergency officials work on the scene of a bomb blast in the Wusa district in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 25, 2014. (EPA/STR)
At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital
Abuja, Reuters—At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, police said, adding to the toll of hundreds killed in attacks this year. It was not immediately...Caption:
A woman takes part in a protest for the release of the abducted secondary school girls in the remote village of Chibok, during a sit-in protest at the Unity fountain in Abuja, on May 12, 2014. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)
US flying aircraft over Nigeria in hunt for girls
Abuja, AP—A Nigerian government official said “all options are open” in the search for missing schoolgirls that’s now being actively supported by US surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. Boko Haram, the militant group that is holding some 276...Caption:
Protesters take part in a “million-woman march” in the Nigerian capital Abuja over the government’s failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists, in Abuja, Nigeria, on April 30, 2014. (EPA/Deji Yake)
Nigerian leader: New order to free abducted girls
Abuja, AP—Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan met through the night with security, school and state officials and issued a new directive that “everything must be done” to free the 276 girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists, one of his advisers said...Caption:
Crowd gather at the scene of a bomb blast at a bus terminal in Nyayan, Abuja April 14, 2014. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)