Nigeria’s rapid growth, despite a number of domestic challenges, could result in the country overtaking South Africa as the largest economy.
Conditions are auspicious for Africa’s two biggest economies to work together for mutual profit.
Several people have been killed in separate suicide bomb attacks in Niger that showed the fight against militants was spreading across West Africa.
Pressing on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s military says it re-established control in five remote areas.
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.
Soldiers in Nigeria have shelled suspected camps of extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against insurgents, says an official.
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has imposed a state of emergency in three states worst hit by increasing violence by Boko Haram extremists.
The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a video.
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.
Nigeria and South Africa have put aside internal political battles that upset a once-stable relationship.
Co-ordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns have killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria.
At least 185 people in a fishing community have been killed in weekend clashes between Nigeria’s military and Islamic extremists.
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.
A campaign to stamp out the spreading of rumours in Bayelsa, the home state of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, is now underway.
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.
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.
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.
Kidnapping in Cameroon reveals the extent of the brutality and power of the Nigerian jihadists.
Economists expect Nigeria, already the continent’s most populous nation and largest oil producer, to soon overtake South Africa in terms of GDP.
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a 4.99-trillion naira budget passed by Parliament, ending a two-month dispute about spending plans.
A kidnapped French family are likely to have been separated into two groups by their abductors, says France, as Nigerian forces search for them.
Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children, in Cameroon have taken them across the border into Nigeria.
Nigeria has appealed to foreign governments to help crack down on crude oil theft.
A construction company has evacuated its staff from a Nigeria site after gunmen blasted into the facility and kidnapped seven foreigners.
Gunmen have kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed a construction company in Nigeria’s Bauchi State, claim police.
Juventus has virtually sealed its place in the Champions League quarterfinals, punishing poor defending with clinical finishing to beat Celtic 3-0.
Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations victory over Burkina Faso has a deeper political meaning, writes Percy Zvomuya.
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has allegedly withdrawn the resignation he announced on radio, following a meeting with Nigeria’s sports minister.
Nigeria has beaten Burkina Faso 1-0 at the National Stadium to lift the Africa Cup of Nations trophy.
Nigeria has taken the champion title against Burkina Faso for the Africa Cup of Nations 2013.
A swell of spectators have converged on the National Stadium ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations closing ceremony in Johannesburg.