This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from April 13 to 19, 2019.

After much bloodshed, rallies continue as prominent Shia leader Ibrahim El Zakzaky languishes in prison.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Police and the British High Commission say a British woman and a Nigerian citizen have been shot dead in north-central Nigeria.

WARRI, Nigeria — An oil company in Nigeria is declaring a “force majeure” shutdown after a fire. The temporary closure is expected to cut Nigeria's oil ...

Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured when a policeman rammed his car into a group of children during an Easter procession in northeast Nigeria, ...

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the families, colleagues and friends of ...

Jordyn Woods has been spending most of her time with her family since the Tristan Thompson cheating scandal.

In Yoruba culture, twins are so common that they are traditionally given specific names -- depending on whether they were born first or second.

Angola are set to appear at their first ever FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Guinea, Nigeria and Cameroon in winning a berth for Brazil 2019 at the CAF U-17 Africa ...

The Nembe Creek Trunk Line has been partially shut down as its operator called a force majeure on Sunday due to a fire.

Nigeria Football Federation is helping Arsenal's Kelechi Nwakali deal with a visa issue that has seen him stranded in the country since March.

JOS, Nigeria, April 22, 2019 (Morning Star News) – At midnight on April 14, I received a phone call about an attack in Konshu village, confirming my fear that it ...

The 2019 general electionsprovoked undeclared and unstructured discussions and debates in the Nigerian Left. Of the various themes that can be articulated ...

For the first time in the history of curling, Nigeria is hitting the pebbled ice at a world curling championship. Yes, the African nation has a curling team. As Devin ...

English News and Press Release on Nigeria about Protection and Human Rights; published on 22 Apr 2019 by CFR.

It has been one big party this week in the town of Arondizuogu in southern Nigeria, with feasting and parades to give thanks for the last harvest and to usher in ...

Nigeria's women's football team, the Super Falcons, dominate the African Women's Championship - winning 9 out of 11 recognized titles. But the players ...

Nigeria's aspirations of economic development under newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari continue to be hampered by corruption and weak rule of law, ...

Nine-year-old chef Sammy started cooking two years ago and now works with local orphanages in Lagos.

The Multi-National Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission made up of forces from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger, has deployed troops after ...

Richard Akuson founded a magazine for gay men in Nigeria, it left him vulnerable in a place where homophobia is rife. Akuson writes for CNN, talking for the first ...

Ethics court orders any cash found in Walter Onnoghen's foreign bank accounts be taken by the treasury.

Since the dawn of Nigeria's oil boom era in the 1970s, the people of the Niger Delta region have had to face its devastating consequences. With more than ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Some of the young women are thriving at a new school. Some have returned home to their family farms. But the fates of more than 100 other ...

Published on 22.04.2019 at 11h21 by APA News. Share. Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said the government borrows to deliver on its ...

…says server results are not false. Ade Adesomoju, Abuja. The Peoples Democratic Party's candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku ...

After a building collapsed killing 20 children, questions are raised about building safety standards in Nigeria.

Despite admitting goalkeeping concerns, the Super Eagles boss is unwilling to test new players before the African showpiece.

Ninety-three-year-old Senator Ayo Fasanmi, a leader of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, says the parliamentary system of government is the most appropriate ...

Relative to their high cost, these programs appear to help very few actual small businesses. Instead, they are set up to fail—eroding trust in government.

Everest Amaefule, Abuja World Bank loan portfolio in Nigeria now stands at $8.67bn, an investigation has shown. Loans from the International Deve...

Tare Youdeowei The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria has expressed displeasure at the growing examination malpractices in the country following ...

The Warriors are keen to reach the Afcon knockouts, and are in the process of scheduling warm-up matches against some continental heavyweights.

Nigerian politicians don't always understand how social media works, but they know they need it. As the country geared up for national elections earlier this year ...

A JPMorgan Chase account in London was used to send roughly $900 million to government officials involved in a scheme to profit from an offshore oil field.

The outcome of Nigeria's recent presidential election was generally well received here in Washington. Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari — who four years ago ...

April 3, 2019. Spending on health and education in Nigeria is among the lowest in the world. To fund these crucial sectors, Nigeria will have to maximize the ...

Nigeria is known globally as a petro-economy but, in reality, it is a country of small business people. These entrepreneurs, whether informal traders, cottage ...

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 30 to April 5, 2019.

It can be claimed, without much fear of contradiction, that human beings are by nature, corrupt and/or selfish, although they still have to live together..

The Nigerian is back from injury ahead of France 2019 and ensured the Spanish side secured an away win in Munich.

It is now a moral burden on Nigeria that a president of Igbo extraction emerges in 2023. If we are serious about our unity, then we must take cognisance of the ...

Rice is a staple in Nigeria, and the country consumes almost 7 million tonnes of it a year. That's a lot of rice, and in order to keep up with demand, the country ...

The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of LPG cylinders manufactured by a Nigerian company for the flag off of its LPG Welfare Scheme, aimed at […]

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) A major new inquiry into oil companies operating in the Niger Delta has been launched by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu.

Nigeria imports a lot of its food, which is bought using money earned from selling oil.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) The fatal police shooting of a Nigerian man has sparked outrage and reignited a public call for the shutdown of a controversial police unit ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law a bill to increase Nigeria's minimum wage with immediate effect, an aide said on Thursday ...

On February 7, the Federal High Court in Lagos issued a warrant for the arrest of Ayodele Oke, former director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), ...

Bismarck Rewane, Chairman of the Presidential Technical Advisory Committee on the Implementation of the National Minimum Wage, says there is nothing like ...

Unveiling the ranking, RSF also stated that journalists in Nigeria experience obstacles when reporting stories that have to do with politics, terrorism and financial ...

'Brain drain' impacting healthcare sector as most Nigerian doctors seek better work conditions and pay abroad.

In Lagos, street vendors say that they touch and grab their female customers to drum up sales. A group called Market March Movement has formed to protest ...

A new report by the Economic Confidential has disclosed that the Federal Government, 36 states and the 774 local government councils in Nigeria shared a to.

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr rules out bringing in new players to bolster his squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

In his first term, President Muhammadu Buhari left too much undone. In his second, he needs to be bold.

Segun and Ronke Abiona, said they felt a Godly prompt to venture into this business while based in the United Kingdom in 2013 with a seed capital of $5000.

We will not allow merchants of evil and death to overwhelm the nation. Under my watch, the nation will triumph over them – terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and ...

The Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has started teasing a launch event for April 22nd in Lagos, Nigeria where it will unveil the OPPO F11 Pro.

A century after its founding, see where the school's architectural legacy stands in 7 countries around the world.

To make money in Nigeria's music industry, Groove Platforms CEO Chidi Okeke is chasing it at the source: the bank.

IDPs who fled attacks use drug imported illegally from India to cope with post-traumatic stress and challenges in camps.

Two Chadian soldiers and 52 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an attack on the Multinational Joint Task Force in Cross Kauwa in northeastern Nigeria.

In October, I was the first researcher to visit Operation Safe Corridor, a military facility on the outskirts of Gombe, Nigeria, that houses a bold.

The popularity of Nigeria's Nollywood movie industry—the world's second largest by volume—was covertly deployed for a social cause five years ago.

We also have in the 2018 budget what we called amphibious vehicles, which is going to be in form of a tricycles which can be used on water and on land for ...

With Nigeria's population growing at more than 3% a year, Nigerian authorities are offering free family planning methods and advice to Nigerian families in an ...

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA/NEW YORK, APRIL 2, 2019—An estimated 30,000 people are in acute need of shelter and other basic necessities in the northeastern ...

The current violence, which has been getting worse since early 2017, "is slightly different, in that it is a series of targeted attacks on Christian communities ...

Substantial shares of people in three African nations – Nigeria, Tunisia and Kenya – say they plan to move to another country within five years, according to a ...

Temperatures soar across the region with no relief in sight until the seasonal rains set in next month.

Abuja 16 April 2019 – Over the past 18 months, Nigeria has recorded substantial improvement in routine immunization (RI) performance. Prior to the ...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari told an election tribunal the candidate he beat in a February vote was not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and ought not to ...

This week's execution of a Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia over drug-related charges has drawn criticism from international human rights groups and the ...

In a dusty school playground in southwest Nigeria, the rows of children lined up to return to their classrooms are dotted with the faces of identical twins.

African countries whose nationals have high rates of overstaying their visas, including Nigeria, Chad, Eritrea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, could be on the ...

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, has indicted politicians on the growing rate of insurgency in the country, claiming that the political class is aiding ...

A house of Representatives member representing Gumel, Gagarawa, Maigateri and Sule Tankarkar Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, Sani Zoro, has raised ...

The Tutsi were those who had a certain number of cattle while the Hutu were those who did not. This was the only distinguishing necessary between both ...

Nike Popoola Nigeria attracted bonds worth $6bn after the recent elections, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN noted that the Nige...

Survivors of sexual abuse and harassment are sharing their experiences on social media, using the #ArewaMeToo hashtag.

The Ghana Police *Service* has declared three Nigerians wanted for allegedly kidnapping Nabil Makram Basbous, the Consular-General and Head of Mission of ...

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has decried the “worrisome” levels of insecurity in parts of Nigeria's Kaduna State.

There is an urgent need to address widespread failings in Nigeria's security services, but so far President Buhari has not tackled these challenges.

Nigerian multi-millionaire oilman Igho Sanomi has received a commendation from Cancer Research UK and the Bobby Moore Fund for his philanthropy towards ...

The National Executive Council (NEC) of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has sent a warm message to Nigerians on the event ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil recently held talks on the sale of a suite of oil and gas fields in Nigeria as the company focuses on new developments in U.S. ...

Nigeria's population is growing and gross domestic product per capita shrinking, and that will continue until at least 2024, according to the International ...

When polo comes to Lagos, the champagne flows and exuberant fashion colors adorn the green fields.

Unidentified men accost journalist Jones Abiri in Bayelsa state and force him into vehicle at gunpoint, say witnesses.

Nearly 10000 people from Jakana were relocated to camp in Maiduguri, swelling the population of existing camps.

'Femi Asu Nigeria has cut its official selling prices of a basket of May-loading crude oil grades in a bid to attract buyers. The nation's crude ...

Legit.ng News ☆ Known as veteran ace broadcaster, Cyril Stober of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) reportedly retires. Many Nigerians have reacted to the ...

The mere mention of 'fuel subsidy' in Nigeria raises ears; add 'removal of' as prefix to the two words and there you have chaos. Despite being 5,418 miles away ...

Canada's High Commission to Nigeria is calling out a fake news story that claims Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the African country's president to send ...

A cross section of Nigerians have reacted to the latest face-off between All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu and the outgoing Sena.

Nigerians are flatly refusing to entertain any comparison between Michael Jackson and Beyonce with majority of Twitter users calling the move a misnomer.

In 2015, for the first time in 55 years, Nigerians changed their rulers through a democratic election. The incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's ...

The TV footage is of the band The Scaffold, featuring Sir Paul McCartney's younger brother.

A joint Nigeria-Chad military operation against "Boko Haram terrorists" in the Wulgo area of Borno state as ISIS claimed multiple attacks in the Lake Chad area.