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Blessings: The Igbo-Ora festival celebrates the town’s reputation for having the highest number of twins in the world. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP)

Nigerian town is ‘twins capital’ of the world

The town recently hosted its second festival, attracting hundreds of sets of twins dressed in traditional clothes

A man raises a ballot paper during the counting of governorship and state assembly election results in Lagos, Nigeria. (Reuters/Adelaja Temilade)

Nigeria vote tensions rise as counting suspended in volatile state

Most domestic and international observers said last month’s presidential vote was credible, despite well-documented problems. But tensions remain high

(Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

Nigeria president to run for second term with party endorsement

Muhammadu Buhari will run for a second term in polls scheduled for February 2019

When former president Jerry Rawlings had to stand down and the ruling party ran John Atta Mills — a considerably less charismatic figure — as its presidential candidate, the Ghanaian opposition found a way through.

Thousands pay respects to Ghana’s John Atta Mills

Thousands of mourners including African leaders, dignitaries and Ghanaian citizens have attended the funeral of president John Atta Mills.

Nigeria’s oil workers threaten to down tools

Nigerian oil workers have threatened to halt production as a strike over fuel prices enters its fourth day and secterian tensions simmer.

Shock follows UN attack in Nigeria

Shock follows UN attack in Nigeria

Families are searching the rubble from a bomb blast at UN headquarters in Nigeria for loved ones.

Nigeria marks 15 years since execution of Saro-Wiwa

Nigeria marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention to abuses.

Nigeria’s oil riches benefit few 50 years after independence

It only became worse for Joseph Udoh after his home caught fire — and his struggles illustrate the stress many Nigerians live through 50 years after independence, despite the…

Yar’Adua’s oil reforms run into troubled waters

The death of Nigeria’s president Umaru Yar’Adua jeopardises long-awaited reforms of the nation’s decrepit and corruption-ridden oil sector.

Nigeria power transfer ‘is needed political tonic’

Transfer of power to Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s acting president is the tonic needed to revive governance in the key oil producer, analysts say.

Nigerian banks groan under global liquidity crunch

Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have long persisted in painting a rosy picture of the country’s banks despite the global financial meltdown.

Nigerians lose millions to phoney investment funds

Aduke Komolafe, a 58-year-old Nigerian civil servant, put an end to her life by swallowing rat poison, mortified at the loss of her savings to a phoney investment fund. Lured by…

Shell under fire from Nigerian ethnic groups

Since 1956, when Shell first struck oil in Nigeria, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant has never been under fire like it has since the beginning of the year, analysts said on Wednesday.…