Nigeria

Commentary When, a third of a century ago, I arrived in the town of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, everyone was away at the public executions. ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a ...

A photo of an emaciated Nigerian toddler drinking water from a woman went viral in 2016. The little ...

MAIDGURI, Nigeria—Suspected members of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen ...

Warning: This article includes content some readers may find disturbing A wildlife NGO has intervened and begun a ...

A Nigerian social entrepreneur has come up with a novel solution to school closures amid the pandemic. He ...

An 11-year-old boy from Lagos, Nigeria, is inspiring many with his skillful ballet dance. Gracefully spinning among a group ...

A technology entrepreneur who founded Nigeria's Gokada ride-hailing app was found decapitated and dismembered in a luxury New ...

OSLO—Pirates attacked an oil production vessel off Nigeria in the early hours on July 2 and kidnapped nine ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—Nigeria began easing restrictions on May 4 in its capital Abuja and largest city Lagos, heralding the ...

A group of Nigerian lawyers has filed a class-action lawsuit against Beijing over the spread of the CCP ...

LAGOS—The Nigerian president's chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—Asita Awovie left Nigeria last year on a scholarship to study Civil Engineering at the Chang'an University ...

Nigerian health officials have contacted about 100 people who might have been in contact with the West African ...

The new coronavirus spread to Nigeria on Friday, as officials confirmed the first patient with COVID-19 in sub-Saharan ...

The death toll from a Lassa fever outbreak in northern Nigeria has risen to 41, the Nigeria Center for ...

An Islamic State-linked group has claimed responsibility for a Jan. 9 attack on Niger’s military that left at ...

MAIDUGURI—At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device ...

An affiliate of the ISIS terrorist group in Nigeria killed up to 11 Christian hostages on Wednesday, Christmas ...

At least 65 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria as people gathered for ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—At least 30 people were killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, ...

Affluent Nigerians are getting pizza delivered 4,000 miles from London. Nigerian Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh told the Senate ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—Frantic rescue efforts were underway in Nigeria on Wednesday, March 13, after a 3-story school building collapsed ...

After it was announced that Muhammadu Buhari had won the election, his supporters took to the streets to ...

ABUJA, Nigeria—President Muhammadu Buhari took an early lead on Feb. 25 in initial official results from Nigeria's presidential ...

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari on Feb. 18 warned that anyone trying to tamper with Nigeria's postponed vote risked their ...