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North Nigerian city caught in ‘Game of Thrones’ royal standoff
Traditional institutions are increasingly becoming tools of political power in the country
What it’s like to lead the Covid-19 response in Africa’s most populous country
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge
People, politics threaten Kano’s ancient walls
Kano’s mud walls date back to the 11th century and have come to define it as an ancient city state, attracting archaeologists’ attention
Mass arrests of Nigerian ‘gay’ men
Numerous men suspected of being homosexual were arrested and have not yet had a court hearing.
41 dead in suicide bomb attack in Nigeria
At least 41 people have died in a suicide car bomb attack in Kano, northern Nigeria’s busiest commercial centre.
Attacks on Nigeria church services kill 20 worshippers
Attackers armed with bombs and guns have opened fire at outdoor church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people.
Boko Haram: Killing in God’s name
The Islamist group may have jihadist overtones, but its rise and power lies in Nigeria’s failure to deliver to its citizens adequately.
Gunmen attack Nigerian government buildings
Islamist group Boko Haram have been accused of being suspects in the latest attacks on government buildings in the north of Nigeria.
Mikel’s kidnapped father found in Nigeria
The kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was freed after detectives traced him to a city in north Nigeria and arrested his abductors.
Nigeria’s magnificent young man and his flying machine
Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own…
Pfizer faces $8,5-billion suit over Nigeria drug trial
A court case brought by Nigeria against Pfizer resumes on Tuesday with the United States drug maker saying it answered a call for help to save the lives of African children…
Nigerian army battles Islamic militants
Nigerian troops killed many Islamic militants in a three-hour battle in the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, an army commander said. Troops surrounded the militants in the…
Poll violence leads to curfew in Nigerian state
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on Monday on Muslim-dominated northern Nigeria’s largest state of Kano as protests greeted a delay in the results of weekend polls. Meanwhile,…
Muslim cleric killed in Nigerian mosque attack
Gunmen shot dead a radical Muslim cleric in his mosque and fired on the congregation, killing two more people, in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday, witnesses said.…
Nigerian Muslim students beat teacher to death
An angry mob of Muslim students in northern Nigeria beat their teacher to death on Wednesday for allegedly desecrating the Qur’an, police and witnesses said. Her attackers…