At least 45 women and children were kidnapped overnight during coordinated raids on five villages in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to local witnesses.
Nigeria’s Plateau State has revived an intra-city train service to offer cheaper public transport. The move comes amid soaring fuel prices after the federal government scrapped fuel subsidies in 2023, pushing up bus fares and straining household budgets.
At least 11 people were killed and more than 70 others, including women and children, were kidnapped by armed men on motorbikes in Sabongarin Damri, a village in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, according to witnesses.
At least 652 children have died from malnutrition in Nigeria’s Katsina state in the first six months of 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Friday, blaming funding cuts by international donors for worsening conditions.
Nigeria has submitted a formal bid to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix, in what officials are calling a landmark effort to place the country on the global motorsport map.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 800 Lassa fever cases and 151 deaths so far in 2025, raising concerns over a worsening epidemic across the country.
Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari has died in London at the age of 82, a presidential spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that 21 people have died in a crash early Sunday morning on the Zaria-Kano expressway in Nigeria.
Nigeria and Brazil have signed a $1 billion agreement to strengthen agriculture, energy, food security, and defence in Nigeria, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima.
The Netherlands has officially returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, more than a century after they were looted during Britain’s 1897 invasion of the former Kingdom of Benin, now in southern Nigeria.
Two Nigerian communities will take Shell to trial in the UK in 2027 after winning a court ruling over Niger Delta oil pollution.
An attack in central Nigeria has resulted in multiple casualties and displacement, as authorities respond to the latest incident of violence.
At least 100 people were killed in an overnight attack by gunmen in the town of Yelwata, in Nigeria’s Benue State, according to Amnesty International.
To halt the infiltration of armed groups, Nigeria's top defence official suggests an ambitious plan to entirely fence the nation's borders with its four neighbouring countries.
At least 21 athletes have died after their bus veered off a bridge in Kano while returning from a national sports event.
Türkiye expressed deep sorrow Saturday over the devastating floods in Nigeria’s Niger State, which have claimed over 150 lives.
At least 117 people have died after severe flooding hit central Nigeria following heavy rains earlier this week.
At least 21 people, including children, have died in floods triggered by heavy rains in Nigeria’s Niger state, officials said.
At least 17 people were killed when suspected cattle herders launched attacks on communities in central Nigeria's Benue State on Thursday, police confirmed. The assault is part of a worrying resurgence in violent clashes between farmers and herders, which have long plagued the region.
Armed herdsmen attacked the Otobi community in Nigeria’s Benue State on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring over 20, a day after gunmen killed 51 in neighbouring Plateau State.
Authorities in Nigeria’s Borno state have called for stronger security after a deadly landmine blast left several bus passengers dead and others critically injured.
Nigeria has reported five new deaths from Lassa fever, bringing the total fatalities this year to 100. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) noted an increase in confirmed cases, with 236 new suspected cases and 29 confirmed across 13 states.
Netherlands has become the latest European country to return artefacts to Africa after it signed an agreement pledging to return 119 'stolen' historical artefacts to Nigeria after extensive consultation with its Colonial collections committee.
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