Tag: Nigeria

An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said ...

President Muhammadu Buhari vowed on Tuesday there would be no mercy for those behind the killings of more than a ...

Gunmen who carried out a high-profile attack on a train in northwest Nigeria last month have released a video showing ...

Despite his financial services job in the north Nigerian city of Kano, two years ago Usman Ahmad started buying cheaper ...

An air strike by the Nigerian army targeting 'bandits' has left seven children dead and five others wounded "by mistake" ...

Nigeria's government has handed over two bronze treasures to a traditional royal palace in part of a series of restorations ...

The United States on Thursday shipped nearly 5.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Egypt and Nigeria, a ...

Nigeria's state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end a week-long ...

A week-long petrol scarcity is fraying nerves in oil-producing Nigeria as gas stations run out of stock, causing long queues ...

A week-long petrol scarcity is fraying nerves in oil-producing Nigeria as gas stations run out of stock, causing long queues ...

Religious police in northern Nigeria's city of Kano have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer, on grounds that sale ...

Usman Mohamed's hometown of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad was once overrun by jihadists, forcing him to flee, ...

Gunmen from heavily-armed criminal gangs killed dozens of people, including 11 security personnel, in separate attacks in northwest and central ...

Having benefited from playing under Steven Gerrard at Rangers, Joe Aribo is starring for Nigeria at the Africa Cup of ...

In Augustine Eguavoen, Nigeria are relying on an interim appointment to lead them at the Africa Cup of Nations in ...

Twitter was accessible in Nigeria on Thursday after the government lifted a seven-month ban on the social media giant for ...

A Nigerian separatist leader arrested last month and brought back to his country to face trial was detained illegally in ...

Nigeria has received 4.2 million pounds ($5.9 million) looted by a former governor, who was jailed in Britain for money ...

Twitter announced Monday it was recruiting eleven people in Ghana, the company's first hires on the African continent, and plans ...

Risk of famine is looming in Nigeria as a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the country's northeast shows no signs of ...