The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana looking for top spot

She’s worked with Beyoncé, Drake and Rihanna even before releasing her first LP, and is one step from superstardom. Amy Francombe hears how the Nigerian-born London singer chalks it all up to a higher power ahead of her round-the-world tour

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission is considering tighter controls to combat illegal trading in digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. The Conversation Africa asked Iwa Salami, a researcher in regulatory frameworks for crypto-assets, to explain how best Nigeria can manage cryptocurrency.

Charity Ekezie has made it her mission to educate naive westerners about her continent on social media, and have some fun along the way

Nigeria's unions have launched an indefinite general strike in a bid to raise the minimum wage. The government's current offer is 60,000 naira a month, or approximately €37. The country is grappling with the fallout from the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Strikers kicked off the standoff in Lagos…

Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights Monday as they began an indefinite strike that closed schools and public offices after failing to strike a new minimum wage deal with the government.

Nigeria's largest labor unions strike for salary hike amid economic crisis caused by policy changes.

Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades

The oil refinery and fertiliser plant just outside Lagos promised jobs and prosperity, but people complain of evictions, loss of livelihoods and health effects