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Feuding: The recent restoration of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II  to the throne has set off a power struggle among emirs in Nigeria. Photo: Aminu Abubakar/AFP

North Nigerian city caught in ‘Game of Thrones’ royal standoff

Traditional institutions are increasingly becoming tools of political power in the country

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge.

What it’s like to lead the Covid-19 response in Africa’s most populous country

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge

Once described as “the most impressive monument in West Africa,” the ancient Kano city walls were defensive walls built to protect the lives inhabiting the city of Kano. (Image: Yahoo)

People, politics threaten Kano’s ancient walls

Kano’s mud walls date back to the 11th century and have come to define it as an ancient city state, attracting archaeologists’ attention

Nigerian LGBTIs and supporters in London protest outside the Nigerian High Commission against Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in 2014.

Mass arrests of Nigerian ‘gay’ men

Numerous men suspected of being homosexual were arrested and have not yet had a court hearing.

Warlord Bosco Ntaganda.

41 dead in suicide bomb attack in Nigeria

At least 41 people have died in a suicide car bomb attack in Kano, northern Nigeria’s busiest commercial centre.

Attacks on Nigeria church services kill 20 worshippers

Attackers armed with bombs and guns have opened fire at outdoor church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people.

Boko Haram: Killing in God’s name

Boko Haram: Killing in God’s name

The Islamist group may have jihadist overtones, but its rise and power lies in Nigeria’s failure to deliver to its citizens adequately.

Gunmen attack Nigerian government buildings

Gunmen attack Nigerian government buildings

Islamist group Boko Haram have been accused of being suspects in the latest attacks on government buildings in the north of Nigeria.

Mikel’s kidnapped father found in Nigeria

The kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was freed after detectives traced him to a city in north Nigeria and arrested his abductors.

Nigeria’s magnificent young man and his flying machine

Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own…

Pfizer faces $8,5-billion suit over Nigeria drug trial

A court case brought by Nigeria against Pfizer resumes on Tuesday with the United States drug maker saying it answered a call for help to save the lives of African children…

Nigerian army battles Islamic militants

Nigerian troops killed many Islamic militants in a three-hour battle in the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, an army commander said. Troops surrounded the militants in the…

Poll violence leads to curfew in Nigerian state

A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on Monday on Muslim-dominated northern Nigeria’s largest state of Kano as protests greeted a delay in the results of weekend polls. Meanwhile,…

Muslim cleric killed in Nigerian mosque attack

Gunmen shot dead a radical Muslim cleric in his mosque and fired on the congregation, killing two more people, in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday, witnesses said.…

Nigerian Muslim students beat teacher to death

An angry mob of Muslim students in northern Nigeria beat their teacher to death on Wednesday for allegedly desecrating the Qur’an, police and witnesses said. Her attackers…