Islamic extremists have killed nine people and injured four in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, authorities report.

ISLAMIST extremists have killed nine people and injured four in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno. The attack was carried out by Boko Haram militants on the Malam Fatori community, Borno Governor ...

Before George Etomi went to university in 1972, his home in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, had near-constant power. When he returned from studying abroad a few years later, power cuts had ...

The 2027 election will play a decisive role in shaping Nigeria's future. The APC holds a strong position, with control of numerous states and access to significant government resources. However, it ...

Over the last decade, there have been campaigns for the secession of Nigeria’s southeast region to create another country ...

The South-East region of Nigeria has been plagued by persistent insecurity, exacerbated by the Indigenous People of Biafra’s “sit-at-home” orders, which have crippled economic activity and ...

Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), one of the most powerful global affiliates of the Islamic State jihadist organisation, is in the middle o ...

In May 2014, the United Nations Security Council listed Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation. Three years earlier, the Gaji ...

Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the killing of at least 15 people by suspected Lakurawa insurgents in ...

Kenya has delighted Africans from Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa, among other countries, with their courage to stand up to ...

Conflict in north-eastern Nigeria has forced many people into displacement camps. Akintunde Akinleye / EPA. The third factor that could explain Iswap’s resurgence is that it has been using ...