Although the death toll is still unknown, the suicide bombers – both women – killed more than 10 people, according to reports.
Nigeria’s main opposition party is being accused of cloning permanent voter cards ahead of the elections in February.
Genetic testing to identify the remains of South Africans killed in the building collapse has not been easy, according to a new report.
President Goodluck Jonathan has announced his intentions to run for a second term to, once again, fight corruption and defeat Boko Haram.
Boko Haram militants are likely to be the prime suspects in the latest school attack in Nigeria, which left 23 students dead and 72 injured.
How many lives must be lost to Ebola before the AU cuts through the bureaucratic red tape that is strangling the life out of our people, asks the AHF.
The organisation has called on the government to help women and girls who have escaped from Boko Haram with post-rape care and psychosocial support.
Cyril Ramaphosa says government can’t force Nigeria to speed up returning the remains of the 84 South Africans who died when a building collapsed.
Doctors say the funds spent on airport checks would be better used to stop Ebola at its source.
The World Health Organisation has declared Nigeria Ebola-free after the country managed to contain cases of the deadly virus.
Exactly how much of Nigeria’s $510bn GDP megachurches make up is difficult to assess, since they are, like the oil sector, largely opaque entities.
Nigeria accuses SA of blocking a legal arms purchase and threatens retaliation against telecoms giant MTN, in particular, if the spat is not resolved.
The levels of poverty and corruption are on the increase and national security remains a worry in Nigeria, 54 years after independence.
The Bible warns about false prophets, yet charismatic pastors such as TB Joshua are amassing fortunes from exploiting the poor and desperate.
While Nigeria’s president has declared his country Ebola-free, 1.2-million people have been affected by a quarantine in Sierra Leone.
Six people who were injured in the fatal accident have been released from an SA hospital and have been cleared of any dangerous infections.
Scaffolding for hire is just a small sign of a large informal industry.
Kwanele Sosibo asks whether the spiritual healer has capitalised on his ‘talent’ by the increasing need for a more renewed approach to Christianity.
Twenty-six South African survivors from the deadly church collapse in Nigeria are back home, officials say.
A plane carrying survivors from the church collapse in Nigeria was expected to arrive in South Africa at 7am, but officials say it has been delayed.
TB Joshua’s church has turned from attacking potential rescuers to helping them. So has Nigeria’s government but it’s a case of too little too late.
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to investigate the cause of a building collapse, which has left at least 86 dead.
In 2011, "prophet" TB Joshua was third on the Forbes list of Nigeria’s five richest pastors with a net worth estimated at close to $15-million.
The death toll of South Africans in Nigeria’s deadly church collapse has risen to 84, amid tensions between the two countries over rescue missions.
Rescuers have recovered more dead bodies from the rubble at the Scoan building collapse, but say they still have not been able to identify the bodies.
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane deflects raising doubt over the strength of diplomatic ties between SA and Nigeria following the disaster.
Confusion reigns over the death toll and Nigeria refuses to allow South African search teams access to the site of the collapsed church building.
SA government believes 300 South Africans were visiting the Lagos church, but it was not clear how many were on the spot when the tragedy struck.
Sixty-seven South Africans have died in a building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
The Capetonian woman being held in Nigeria was working in Guinea and Sierra Leone, and is said to be showing potential symptoms of the Ebola virus.
The jihadist group said it has taken the town of Gwoza in the north by force and that it intends to govern the whole of Nigeria under Islamic law.
The worst outbreak of the virus to date and the efforts to contain it will impact African economies.