The kidnapping at St Mary’s in Niger state was the third such incident in a single week: three days earlier two people were ...

Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from his position with immediate effect for health reasons, the president's office has said. The 63-year-old's departure coincides ...

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Nigeria’s defense minister quit as President Bola Tinubu prepares to unveil a plan to deal with a security emergency in the West African nation.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that Nigerian workers and the masses are facing the worst survival crisis in the ...

Prof. Uchenna Emelonye tells Senate that weak enforcement, not harsher penalties, fuels Nigeria’s persistent kidnapping ...

A ruptured pipeline in Nigeria has sparked a political crisis that highlights the challenge of increasing output and revenues in Africa’s biggest crude oil exporter, amid broader efforts to revamp the ...

Nigeria: A deep dive into the spike in school mass abductions by armed groups in northern Nigeria. We hear from the parents of some of the victims and ask: Who is behind the kidnappings and what's the ...

Dr. Ayuba Asheshe, General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has said that there is clear evidence of a ...

There is a statistical tragedy unfolding in Nigeria, one so steady and unrelenting that it threatens to turn our demographic ...

The National Blood Service Agency (NBSA) has stated that Nigeria is facing a severe blood shortage, collecting only about 500 ...