Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria—Two separate road crashes involving trucks in southern Nigeria left 20 people dead including children, authorities said Sunday, with many of the victims burned beyond recognition. In Nigeria’s commercial ...

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ABUJA, Nigeria—A Nigerian priest was burned alive in his home in the country's north on Sunday, police said. ...

Major central banks have been watching how Nigeria's new central bank digital currency has fared since its launch ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—Four security officials were killed in a car bomb targeting a former government official in southeast Nigeria, ...

The FBI on Monday issued a "national public safety alert" due to an increase in extortion scams aimed ...

Four people are critically ill in hospital after being crushed when thousands of ticketless fans tried to force ...

Nigeria is set to begin limiting cash withdrawals from ATMs to just US$45 a day as the country ...

Former President Donald Trump may be facing headwinds within the Republican Party after the disappointing midterm elections, but ...

BARCELONA, Spain—The three Nigerian stowaways found on an oil tanker's rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, ...

Two California men were sentenced on Nov. 15 to up to 11 years in federal prison for participating ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—A gasoline tanker crashed and then exploded in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 12 people, police said ...

JOS, Nigeria—U.S. officials in Nigeria have been criticized for ignoring a rash of armed attacks in central Benue ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race ...

LOKOJA, Nigeria—Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water, and ...

LAGOS—The death toll from a boat accident in Nigeria's southeastern state of Anambra has risen to 76, the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—A Nigerian advertising regulator has sued Meta, accusing the owner of Facebook and WhatsApp of publishing unauthorized ...

ABUJA, Nigeria— Gunmen attacked two communities in Nigeria’s north-central region, killing 14 people and injuring many others, authorities ...

Commentary When Queen Elizabeth II, at 96 years old, was close to death, a professor at Carnegie Mellon ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—Nigerian authorities on Monday sought to arrest a property developer after a seven-story building under construction collapsed ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—A three-story building under construction collapsed Tuesday in northwestern Nigeria, trapping shoppers in a busy neighborhood. Emergency ...

Commentary Nigeria, in 2022, remained the state with the largest economy in Africa and the African state with ...

More Christians have been killed in Nigeria since President Joe Biden’s administration declared there were no religious freedom ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—A series of terror attacks near Nigeria’s seat of power has embarrassed officials and threatens to disrupt ...

A Nigerian senator and his wife who allegedly brought a young man into Britain so they could harvest ...

ABUJA—Around 440 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Boko Haram terrorists on a prison in ...