The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Ghana stands out in west Africa as a nation that has not experienced terrorist attacks, even though it’s geographically close to countries that have. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria, extremist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have wreaked havoc.

Nigerian soldiers’ widows have been reported as lacking support from the army, and even experiencing sexual harassment while claiming their late husbands’ benefits.

Arizona woman Christina Chapman carefully oversaw at least 90 laptops at her home and shipped dozens of others to China, Russia, the UAE, and Nigeria, authorities said.

Many women and children were reportedly abducted in the deadly attack in Zamfara State.

Nigeria and hosts Morocco moved into the semi-finals at the women's Africa Cup of Nations following victories on Friday night over Zambia and Mali respectively.

When the announcement of Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi’s latest novel Dream Count was made, it was regarded as a major event in African literature. The internationally celebrated Nigerian writer had not published a novel in the past 12 years, and her long-awaited return stirred both anticipation and speculation. In the post-COVID…

The 2024 women's Africa Cup of Nations enters the last eight knockout stages on Friday as nine-time champions Nigeria face Zambia in Casablanca and hosts Morocco entertain Mali at the Stade Olympique in Rabat.

Maro Itoje’s unstoppable rise to the very top of his sport brings both pride and idolisation from the British-Nigerian community

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, but such attacks are common in Nigeria’s north where local herders and farmers often clash over limited access to land and water.

Women’s football in Africa has been through radical changes over the past few years. From small beginnings in the late 1990s, it has grown to the point that its biggest competition is receiving considerable global attention.

Marten’s mother Virginie and brother Tobias both attended her Old Bailey trial — but where are the rest of her family, and what can the five of them tell us about her descent into a life of crime? Katie Strick reports