The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Nigerian Emeka Ugwu, 44, was jailed last month after admitting bringing cocaine worth £28,000 into Scotland.

The Nigeria international has hit the ground the running with the Eredivisie big-hitters and is now primed for a quick-fire reunion.

Gunmen kidnapped dozens of worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, police and witnesses said.

Pollution in Nigeria's Ogoniland, which has been part of a landmark cleanup effort involving the United Nations Environmental Programme, could be worse than it previously estimated, a group monitoring the project said in a statement this week.

Since 1972, when the first world conference on the environment was held, there have been various responses to environmental problems. One of these is the introduction of environmental impact assessments. These are vital in environmental decision-making. They ensure that environmental and sustainability issues are integrated into development planning.

Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, with a population of more than 15 million, generates an estimated 12,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, which comes to about 4.3 million tonnes of waste annually. This ends up on the streets and in the city’s four officially designated landfills.

Nigeria's emergency services says one person has died after a three-story building under construction in northwestern Nigeria collapsed

The ban seeks to foster ‘local talent’ and grow the country’s advertising industry.

Every section of Nigerian society is complicit in the theft of millions of barrels, the head of state oil company NNPC Ltd said on Tuesday, adding that make-shift pipelines and stolen fuel had even been found in churches and mosques.