The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

There’s been a multitude of interest from heavyweights and has-beens to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigerian president.

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

Nigerian central bank governor Godwin Emefiele will seek the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ticket to run for president next February, a ruling party spokesperson said on Friday.

As a disabled child growing up in Nigeria, Joshua Anum did not see internet stardom in his future. He and his eight siblings, abandoned by their father, barely had enough to eat.

Ikem Ekwonu woke up the morning of the first round of the NFL draft and felt nervous for the first time in as long as he could remember. The gravity of the day finally hit him: "Like, dang," he said later, recalling his thoughts. "This is really crazy. My whole…

Osinachi Nwachukwu’s family and friends allege that she was a victim of domestic abuse

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged international donors to sustain funding for humanitarian operations in Africa and across the world even as they respond to the Ukraine crisis

Chibok first came to the limelight when Boko Haram abducted about 200 schoolgirls from the community’s school in 2014.

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva said Tuesday that his country and Morocco are still securing funds for a huge offshore pipeline project to transport Nigerian gas to North Africa and Europe. Four years ago, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari agreed on the mega-project to…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the safe and "dignified" return of people displaced by Nigeria's conflict, as local authorities close camps and urge people to go back to their communities. More than 40,000 people have been killed and around 2.2 million people displaced by over a…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded Nigerian authorities' efforts to reintegrate repentant Boko Haram militants, saying the initiative is “the best thing we can do for peace.”