Many soldiers believe their officers are siphoning off funds and leaking intelligence to Boko Haram.
The virus has claimed its first victim in Nigeria, prompting officials to deploy health workers to all entry points and seek out suspected cases.
Parents of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram describe their anguish, 100 days on.
Nobel prizewinner hits out at ‘Boko Haramism’ of Nigerian culture and the banalisation of graft.
Citigroup expects more banks in Africa’s largest economy to go to market in order to take advantage of lending opportunities.
Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai has held talks with some parents of the girls abducted in Nigeria and leaders of a group campaigning for their release.
The Nigeria Football Federation has been suspended from Fifa with immediate effect after the government appointed a sole administrator to the body.
The Nigerian military said it had killed 53 fighters from Boko Haram in northeasterly Borno state on Saturday.
An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people ahead of Nigeria’s last-16 World Cup match against France.
Africa’s final remaining contenders in the World Cub will tackle Germany and France on Monday.
Nigeria get their first win at the World Cup finals since 1998, while bundling out Bosnia.
At least 10 people were killed in raids by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on two villages near Chibok where more than 200 girls were abducted in April.
Twenty-one people have been killed and 27 injured after an explosion ripped through a centre showing a World Cup soccer match in north Nigeria.
President Jacob Zuma will give his State of the Nation address this week, while elsewhere investors will focus on eurozone inflation updates.
Boko Haram’s acts are a timely wake-up call for a nation that has slept through countless horrors, writes Ben Okri.
Twenty women have been kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in northeast Nigeria, near Chibok.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is talking tough, but attacks could result in hostages being killed.
An extraordinary Ecowas security summit has announced plans for a partnership with Central African states to fight "terrorism" in the region.
Muslims and Christians in the volatile Nigerian city have closed ranks in the wake of deadly attacks intended to inflame religious tensions.
Discussions between Nigeria’s military chiefs and the president over how to rescue schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram have reached a stalemate.
In what has become a deadly pattern of violence, gunmen have killed another 28 people in Nigeria.
US President Barack Obama has announced the deployment of about 80 military members to Chad to help find over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
Terrorists are counting on sowing hatred in deeply divided places like the city of Jos, which has long been a flashpoint for ethnic tensions.
Two explosions in the city of Jos have killed at least 46 people and injured more in an attack in which Boko Haram is likely a prime suspect.
The police will be assessing and improving security at boarding schools in Nigeria in response to Boko Haram attacks and kidnappings.
The corporation’s news chief says its use of an image of a girl who was not Nigerian and not kidnapped has caused "a great deal of strain".
Africa’s largest economy is expected to keep rates unchanged on Tuesday in the last meeting before a new central bank governor steps in.
A petition launched by Angie Motshekga will be delivered to Nigeria by a delegation from the ANC Women’s League and SA’s government.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and leaders from neighbouring countries have gathered to forge a regional strategy against the Islamist group.
Writing off the investment in Africa’s largest economy will see the food company’s earnings half of that achieved in the previous financial year.
Nigeria has ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants.
Gender rights are being dealt a further blow by leaders’ inertia in rescuing the Nigerian teens from Boko Haram militants, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.