Five suspected members of a radical Islamist sect were killed in an explosion that struck a small town in the country’s restive north east, Nigeria’s military said.

Eleven people have been killed in an attack in Nigeria's north state of Bauchi.

Up to 50 people are now feared dead in a blast which rocked the Nigerian capital Lagos today.

An explosion inside a building rocked Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, today, killing several.

A large blast at a building in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, has left at least six dead, an eyewitness said.