- 21 May 2013 11:12 - AFP
- Pressing on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants, Nigeria's military says it re-established control in five remote areas.
- 18 May 2013 15:25 - Aminu Abubakar
- Nigeria's military has enforced a round-the-clock curfew in parts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram.
- 17 May 2013 14:24 - Haruna Umar
- Soldiers in Nigeria have shelled suspected camps of extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against insurgents, says an official.
- 17 May 2013 00:00 - Monica Mark
- President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states
- 15 May 2013 09:16 - AFP
- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has imposed a state of emergency in three states worst hit by increasing violence by Boko Haram extremists.
- 13 May 2013 14:35 - Lynley Donnelly
- South Africa has positioned itself as the voice of African interests, when talking to just about anybody on the global stage in Brics and G20.
- 13 May 2013 14:47 - AFP
- The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a video.
- 10 May 2013 00:00 - Mmanaledi Mataboge
- Nigeria and South Africa have put aside internal political battles that upset a once-stable relationship.
- 08 May 2013 10:46 - Sapa-AP
- Co-ordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns have killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria.
- 22 Apr 2013 10:12 - Sapa-AP
- At least 185 people in a fishing community have been killed in weekend clashes between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists.
- 19 Apr 2013 00:00 - Mmanaledi Mataboge
- By agreeing to buy more of Nigeria's oil, South Africa has in effect restored some warmth to the frosty relations between the two countries.
- 17 Apr 2013 09:40 - MJ Smith
- A campaign to stamp out the spreading of rumours in Bayelsa, the home state of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, is now underway.
- 11 Apr 2013 09:44 - Sapa-AFP
- The leader of Nigeria's radical Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected the presidency's idea of a potential amnesty deal to curb a bloody insurgency.
- 22 Mar 2013 15:11 - Sapa-AFP
- Côte d'Ivoire has dealt with last month's failure in Afcon by dropping Didier Drogba in switching its focus to next year's World Cup.
- 19 Mar 2013 08:56 - AFP
- A series of blasts targeting buses full of passengers in Kano, Nigeria has killed at least 20 people and sources say the toll is expected to rise.
- 08 Mar 2013 00:00 - Donu Kogbara
- Kidnapping in Cameroon reveals the extent of the brutality and power of the Nigerian jihadists.
- 05 Mar 2013 07:53 - MJ Smith
- Economists expect Nigeria, already the continent's most populous nation and largest oil producer, to soon overtake South Africa in terms of GDP.
- 27 Feb 2013 09:11 - Reuters
- Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a 4.99-trillion naira budget passed by Parliament, ending a two-month dispute about spending plans.
