House of Rainbow church offers underground prayer and preaching to Christians ostracised by rampant homophobia.
Whole sections of towns are burned out, the smell of rot is in the air, and people are escaping with whatever they can carry.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday the final round of elections would go ahead next week despite rioting.
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that deadly post-poll unrest recalled the build-up to the Nigerian civil war.
Post-election riots in Nigeria left many dead, thousands displaced and hundreds wounded on Tuesday amid claims that bodies had been thrown into wells.
Burned corpses with machete wounds lay in roads in the Nigerian city of Kaduna where rioting broke out again among opposition supporters on Tuesday.
An outbreak of post-poll rioting in northern Nigeria left many dead overnight, after President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for unity following his win.
Deadly riots erupted across Nigeria’s north on Monday as youths torched churches and homes in anger at President Goodluck Jonathan’s election victory.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan headed for victory on Monday in the country’s elections, with official results giving him a commanding lead.
President Goodluck Jonathan took what appeared to be an unassailable lead on Sunday as votes were tallied from around Nigeria.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan looked set for a close race against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday as results trickled in.
The body of late president Umaru Yar’Adua is in an unmarked grave, buried in the sandy soil along with many voters’ hopes of a Muslim candidate.
Nigeria votes for a president on Saturday in what may be a historic moment for Africa’s most populous nation as it bids to end years of rigging.
Royal Dutch Shell has awarded Saipem a $101-million contract to build a petrol pipeline system in Nigeria which it hopes will reduce flaring.
Nigerians counted the votes on Saturday from delayed parliamentary elections, held with fewer hitches than past ballots despite a chaotic run-up.
Nigerians turned out for a delayed parliamentary election on Saturday, voicing determination to hold a credible vote in Africa’s most populous nation.
Nigeria’s attempt to show it can run world-class polls was dealt a heavy blow.
Nigeria’s electoral agency on Tuesday raised the possibility of a third delay of parliamentary polls in some parts of the country.
Nigeria postponed parliamentary and presidential elections by one week on Sunday after failing to get logistics prepared in time.
The belief that countries need strong dictators runs deep, but Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan point the way to a freer future.
Royal Dutch Shell has shortlisted bidders for four Nigerian onshore oil blocks it has put up for sale but financing challenges could yet undo plans.
Africa’s most populous nation — roughly divided into a Muslim north and Christian south with sizeable minorities living in both regions — is full of
African governments are "failing" Libyan citizens and all Africans, according to civil society organisations on Friday.
Cellphones, chargers, a map and papers with telephone numbers were seized in a raid on the prison cell of Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah.
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/ 22 February 2011
Nine opposition parties in Namibia that lost a court case challenging the 2009 national elections will appeal the ruling, their leaders said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 February 2011
At least 11 people were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
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/ 10 February 2011
Nigerians were reminded of a grim period in their history when the son of hated dictator Sani Abacha qualified as a candidate for state governor.
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/ 7 February 2011
A radical Muslim sect responsible for killings across northeastern Nigeria demanded on Monday that troops withdraw from the troubled region.
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/ 30 January 2011
Nigerian soldiers opened fire on students in central Nigeria on Saturday in a fresh round of violence that also saw churches and mosques set ablaze.
Boko Haram, said to be linked to al-Qaeda,
is a growing threat to stability in the country
Fifty years on, we have yet to discover the extent of colonialism’s legacy on the continent.
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/ 16 January 2011
When Danladi Verheijen has to attend an important meeting, he doesn’t know whether getting there will take 10 minutes or three hours.