Nigeria

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.

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

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

Abuja (AFP) – Thousands of Nigerians rallied against soaring living costs on Tuesday as the worst economic crisis in a generation leaves many struggling to afford food.

The head of Access Bank Group, Herbert Wigwe, was aboard a helicopter that went down in California in the US on Friday

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

Nigeria has again been thrown into darkness after the national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State collapsed.

Eighty people in the West African country have been killed by diphtheria, health officials say