Nigeria

Two other passengers were killed

Some even celebrated ‘mass killing’ and the president’s ‘resolve’ in attacking Islamic State targets

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.

The president said numerous strikes were conducted against alleged Islamic State terrorists whom he accused of targeting Christians in northwest Nigeria.

New York (AFP) – Rap icon Nicki Minaj praised Donald Trump's stand on the persecution of religious minorities on Tuesday, calling for an end to faith-based persecution in Nigeria, which the government there denies.

The African nation denied that Christians are being persecuted.

A dictator, then a democratic president, he died on July 13th, aged 82

Authorities are jailing people for throwing cash at parties after 70% fall in naira’s value over two years

Nigeria has officially joined the economic bloc as its ninth “partner state,” Brazil has announced

President Bola Tinubu has also scrapped several ministries, including national sports, as part of cost-cutting measures

West African musicians have become stars in recent years as the fusions from the Afrobeats movement made for big label signings. But the surge of interest has made it tougher for aspiring artists to break through

The bodies of a billionaire tech tycoon and his teenage daughter have been pulled from the water after divers discovered them in the wreckage of his superyacht.

Abuja (AFP) – After Nigeria failed to win any medals in the Olympics, sporting officials are under pressure from accusations of incompetence and calls for reform over what the sports minister branded a "disastrous outcome" in Paris.

Bola Tinubu has warned that his government will not stand idly by while people with a “political agenda” tear the country apart

Flights grounded as unions protest against failure of President Tinubu’s government to agree minimum wage