Two bomb blasts targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper <i>This Day</i>, in the Abuja and Kaduna, killing at least three people.

Nigeria’s oil workers have continued their strike against the shelving of its fuel subsidies after talks with trade unions broke down.

Nigeria is braced for mass protests after fuel prices more than doubled at the weekend, amid stark Boko Haram threats against Christians in the north.

Boko Haram says it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people just outside Abuja.

Nigerian authorities say the man behind the attack on UN headquarters in Abuja last week is the al-Qaeda-linked Boko Haram sect’s Mamman Nur.

At least 18 people were killed by a car bomb that ripped through the United Nations’ building in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday.

Nigeria postponed parliamentary and presidential elections by one week on Sunday after failing to get logistics prepared in time.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan won a decisive victory in ruling party primaries on Friday, including in key states in the mostly Muslim north.

West African heads of state threatened on Friday to use force to oust incumbent Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power.

Nigeria’s powerful state governors pledged their support for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, saying he should continue to lead.

Nigeria’s Cabinet rallied around ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday, passing a resolution that he remains capable of holding office.

Nigeria’s president said he was recovering and hoped to return home in his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia seven weeks ago.