Gunmen in northwest Nigeria killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks on Sunday, in a latest spell of violence to hit the troubled region.

Prominent Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife have been exonerated after nearly six years in detention.

Fifteen Nigerian captives abducted by bandits who raided a religious school escape their abductors while the guards were sleeping.

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has pleaded not guilty to an eight-count charge of homicide filed against him in a Kaduna High Court.

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Nigerian forces kill a reporter and a mourner after attacking the Ashura procession in the northern state of Kaduna, a report says.

The trial of leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has been adjourned until September when the court will deliver a final ruling on an application asking it to dismiss all the charges and set the Islamic cleric free.