Nigeria

Britain’s May takes post-Brexit trade tour to Nigeria

Britain's Theresa May held talks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on the second leg of… Read More

Young, rich and ambitious: Nigeria’s ‘gentleman farmers’

"Come, I'll show you what a potential billion dollars looks like," said P.J. Okocha, opening… Read More

Nigeria’s amputee football team prepares for World Cup debut

LAGOS: Sixteen years after Emmanuel Ibeawuchi lost a leg in a road accident, his dream… Read More

World Cup: Messi delivers as Argentina strike late against Nigeria

ST PETERSBURG: Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup… Read More

No mercy for misfiring Messi, says Nigeria coach

ST PETERSBURG: Nigeria have no sympathy for the struggles of Argentina striker Lionel Messi at… Read More

Online betting firms gamble on soccer-mad Nigeria

LAGOS: Online sports betting is booming in soccer-mad Nigeria largely thanks to payment systems developed… Read More

Nigeria suicide blasts kill at least 31

ABUJA: Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb… Read More

Football World Cup: Nigeria’s kit sold out minutes after release

The Football World Cup is around the corner and international teams have already released their… Read More

African nations vow to recover stolen assets

Nigeria and ex-British colonies in Africa hope repatriate billions of dollars in offshore accounts from… Read More

Canada looks to stem illegal migration

MONTREAL: Canada is trying to curb the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria who are… Read More

Nigeria bans codeine cough syrups over addiction fears

ABUJA: Nigeria has banned cough syrups containing the painkiller codeine because of concern about misuse… Read More

More than 60 killed in Nigeria suicide blasts

KANO: Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in… Read More

Nine arrested after fatal bank robbery, attack

LAGOS: Nine people have been arrested after 15 people were killed when armed men attacked… Read More

Nigeria’s Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children since 2013: UN

ABUJA: Islamist fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in… Read More

Four teen girl suicide bombers launch deadly attack in Nigeria

KANO: Four teenage girl suicide bombers have killed two people in multiple attacks in northeast… Read More

What is Lassa fever? And why is it spreading in Nigeria?

BAKU: Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a… Read More

Chibok girls angry, upset at latest Boko Haram abduction

KANO, NIGERIA: Boko Haram's latest abduction of schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria has evoked painful memories… Read More

Hunting for the woman in the ‘African Mona Lisa’

ILE-IFE, Nigeria:  She's been described as "the African Mona Lisa", the subject of a long-lost… Read More

105 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack: parents

KANO: More than 100 girls are missing after a Boko Haram attack on a school… Read More

Nigerian Chibok girls’ kidnapper jailed for 15 years

LAGOS: A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok… Read More