Nigeria

Nigerians vote in most unpredictable election in years

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race…

Nigerian president moves to ease cash crisis

  Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday defended a currency swap that sparked…

Gunmen attack Nigeria train station, kidnap more than 30

Lagos, Nigeria (AFP) Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria, kidnapping around 30 people and wounding others, police and…

Gunmen kidnap worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack

  Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police…

Displaced by flooding, Nigerians in desperate need of help

Ahoada, Nigeria | AFP | by Alexandre MARTINS LOPES It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence…

Insecurity, inflation deepen malnutrition in Nigeria’s northwest

by Patrick Markey Agence France-Presse KATSINA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Lariya Abdulkareem's family used to make a living farming beans and…

Gunmen kill 17 in northwest Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) -- Gunmen have killed 17 people including five policemen in separate attacks in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state…

Nigeria’s ruling party picks candidate for 2023 presidential poll

  by Emmanuel Anule  Agence France-Presse ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party voted on Wednesday…

Attack on church in southwest Nigeria kills 21

  LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Gunmen who attacked a Catholic church on Sunday with explosives in southwest Nigeria killed at…

Nigeria confirms 21 cases of monkeypox since January

Nigeria has recorded 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year, one of which was fatal, the country's…

Eight dead, 23 rescued in Nigeria building collapse

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- A three-storey mainly residential building has collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, killing eight people and…

Nigerian oil blast kills at least 80

by Joel Olatunde AGOI Agence France Presse LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern…

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