Nigeria

By Seun Sanni MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he fully supported moves to expand...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on a train in northern Nigeria are...

By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying...

By Ange Aboa and Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Djeneba Belem's fried bean cake stall in Abidjan is a world...

By Tife Owolabi IMO STATE, Nigeria (Reuters) - Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in...

By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - When a dozen suspected Islamist militants from a neighbouring country were spotted riding motorcycles...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday it will choose a presidential candidate at the...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed a Friday night bombing in Nigeria's Taraba state capital Jalingo, a statement by the...

ABUJA (Reuters) - A blast in the capital of Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion that it said killed or injured 30 people at...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria's Taraba...

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Twenty people, including children, were burnt to death after a public mini-bus collided with a car...

(Fixes formatting of byline) By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has approved a nearly $1 billion weapons sale to Nigeria after lawmakers had put...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's electoral commission on Friday suspended voter registration in most parts of oil-producing Imo state after an...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will next year conduct its first census in 17 years to try to accurately survey its...

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 29 people died when a boat capsized in Nigeria's Sokoto state in the northwest...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Western powers seeking to isolate Russia over Ukraine are disappointed at what they see...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday he wanted to run for president next...