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Officials in Nigeria say suicide attacker disguised as student detonated bomb at boarding school, killing nearly 50 boys; northern Nigeria has been crippled by Islamist insurgency, and militant group Boko Haram has targeted non-Quranic schools for at least the last three years.|

Continuing attacks across northern Nigeria highlight how Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram remains able to strike with ease in the region.|

Violent Islamists of Boko Haram are targeting prominent political figures in Cameroon and Nigeria; terrorist group has attacked or kidnapped prominent citizens in Cameroon and committed a series of suicide bombings in Nigeria that have killed at least 11 people over two days.|

A number of gay men have fled Nigeria and sought asylum in the United States, settling into a Brooklyn residence where they seek to live freely and openly.|

Violent Islamists of Boko Haram are targeting prominent political figures in Cameroon and Nigeria; terrorist group has attacked or kidnapped prominent citizens in Cameroon and committed a series of suicide bombings in Nigeria that have killed at least 11 people over two days.|

Witnesses to a bombing that killed at least 14 people and wounded 26 at a World Cup viewing site in northeast Nigeria say suicide bomber drove a three-wheeled taxi, while police official says explosion came from parked car; no group has claimed responsibility for attack.|

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Nigeria appears to have contained its first Ebola outbreak due to quick and coordinated action by some of its top doctors; Nigeria is the only country to have beaten back outbreak with potential to harm many victims, even as epidemic rages out of control in nearby nations.|

Nigerian health officials announce two deaths from Ebola outbreak that is sweeping West Africa; Pres Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency, officially adding Nigeria to list of nations struggling to control one of largest public-health emergencies in recent history; more than 900 people have died.|

Police and soldiers in Nigeria fend off attack by gunmen at French-owned cement factory in northeast part of country, where there is an Islamic uprising.|

New kidnappings of scores of young women in Nigeria indicate that Islamist militant group Boko Haram's campaign of violence is continuing despite official reports of a cease-fire with the group.|

Suicide bomber in Nigeria blows herself up at college near Kano, country's largest northern city, killing six people in the fourth such attack there in less than a week.|

The new head of state, Ibrahim Babangida, promptly declared himself president and commander in chief of the armed forces and the ruling Supreme Military Council and set 1990 as the deadline for a return to democracy. Babangida instituted the 's Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) to aid in the repayment of the country's crushing international debt. He also inflamed religious tensions throughout the nation. but particularly the south, by enrolling Nigeria in the Organization of the Islamic Conference. After surviving an abortive coup, he pushed back the promised return to democracy to 1992. When free and fair elections were finally held in 1993, Babangida declared the results null and void, sparking mass civilian violence that effectively shut the country down for weeks and forced Babangida to resign.|

Editorial welcomes news that Nigeria and Senegal have been found to be free of Ebola, and 43 people in Texas linked to Liberian victim Thomas Eric Duncan have been cleared without falling ill; contends danger of outbreak affecting American public is very, very slight, and experience in Nigeria and Senegal shows that diligent responses can work.|

Continuing attacks across northern Nigeria highlight how Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram remains able to strike with ease in the region.|

Leader of local fish traders' association in northeastern Nigeria says Boko Haram militants have killed 48 fish vendors near village Doron Baga, not far from border with Chad.|

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