<div><p>A meningitis outbreak in northern Nigeria has claimed almost 100 lives and infected more than 2,000 people with the lethal condition since December, health officials said Tuesday.</p><p>"We have recorded 22 deaths in the last two weeks following a resurgence of an outbreak of meningitis which infected ...

<div><p>A fresh outbreak of meningitis has killed at least 58 people in northern Nigeria since the start of the year, health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>The most affected states are Gombe, Bauchi and Katsina, the officials said.</p><p>"We have recorded 22 deaths ...

<div><p>A failed bid to smuggle a bus filled with rice into Nigeria at the weekend left seven people dead including two customs officers set ablaze with petrol, officials said Sunday.</p><p>Two patrol officers along the northern border with Niger were late Friday torched to death by a rampaging ...