Suspected Islamists have hurled bombs and fired on a beer garden in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 25 people and injuring about 30, police and witnesses said.

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Bomb blasts that rocked the Northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri have killed at least three people, including a policeman, and wounded 15, police said on Monday.

A new outbreak of post-poll rioting in Northern Nigeria left many dead overnight, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, after President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for unity following his win.

Rioters in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria on Monday burned the house of Vice President Namadi Sambo following elections and raided a prison, freeing a number of inmates, residents said.

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A fuel tanker overturned at an army checkpoint in central Nigeria, sparking an inferno in which some 50 people were killed, a road safety official said on Saturday.

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Soldiers rushed to restore calm to parts of central Nigeria on Tuesday after 13 people were reported killed in an attack on a village and unrest flared in other areas, authorities said.