The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

The World Bank suspends work with Tunisia over a spike in racist attacks fuelled by an inflammatory speech by President Kais Saied. In Nigeria, the opposition party leads peaceful protests in condemnation of the electoral commission's handling of last month's flawed presidential election. And a few hours after the Michelin…

When and how Washington congratulates foreign leaders on contentious election victories matters.

Ike Ekweremadu denies offering to reward his sick daughter’s prospective kidney donor.

Thousands of opposition supporters protested Monday against the country’s presidential election results, as calls for a revote intensified

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, tells Old Bailey he paid Dr Obinna Obeta £1,800 to find kidney donor for his daughter

Nigerians voted to elect a new president on 25 February and he will be sworn in on 29 May 2023. One of his responsibilities must be to lead the country in taking science more seriously. Science should be the fulcrum of Nigeria’s development.

Last week’s win for the ruling party in Nigeria is a familiar result across the continent, but their oppositions are far from routed

Six states in Nigeria on Friday asked the Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election, the latest twist in several challenges facing the ruling party’s victory in the vote.

The Nigeria Police Force says at least 12 people have died in an explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region

Six states in Nigeria on Friday asked the country’s Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election

A crude oil pipeline explosion killed at least one person and injured another on Friday, authorities on the scene said, while members of the affected community in Emohua said they feared many more had died in the blast.