Browsing: Nigeria

Residents in a community in Kaduna State have challenged claims by the Nigerian Army that 31 civilians were rescued following…

The streets of Lagos came alive as the annual Fanti Carnival transformed Lagos Island into a vibrant display of culture,…

Nigerian troops have beaten back a large-scale assault by Islamist insurgents on a military base in the north-east, killing at…

At least 23 people are dead and more than a hundred injured after a series of suspected suicide bombings tore…

Abdulsamad Rabiu, the Nigerian billionaire industrialist, has become Africa’s third-richest person with an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion, according…

Nigeria’s medical authorities have provisionally suspended the director of a private hospital and two other doctors following the death of…

Nigeria has suspended all Christian pilgrimages to Israel and the occupied West Bank with immediate effect, citing growing security risks…

Nigerian authorities have confirmed that a formal inquest into the death of a toddler belonging to celebrated novelist Chimamanda Ngozi…

Nigeria’s federal government has firmly dismissed allegations that it paid a substantial ransom to Islamist militant group Boko Haram to…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his role in helping to secure the…