It is called the "paradox of plenty". Although it is the sixth-largest oil producer in the world, Nigeria has been hit regularly by fuel shortages over the past two decades.…

Nigeria’s police are cracking down on illegal firearms that, they say, are threatening Africa’s most populous country. Nigeria’s police chief issued an order to crackdown on the…

The ruling People’s Democratic Party in Nigeria has won local elections in almost all the 31 states where polls were held this weekend — even as election-related violence claimed…

Low voter turnout, boycotts and a lack of ballot papers in various wards have marred local government elections in Nigeria, which took place on Saturday in 31 of the country’s 36…

In the past two years, 800 policemen in Nigeria have been dismissed for extortion and another 65 have found themselves in court. But, the arrests and dismissals do not appear to…

Relatives of the more than 1 000 people who died during the 2002 explosions at a military barracks in Lagos, Nigeria, have boycotted a ceremony to commemorate the event on…

A court of appeal in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Labour Congress to suspend a proposed strike that had been scheduled to start on Wednesday. It has also…

The government of Nigeria has rushed health workers to Daramba, a village on the border with Niger, following an outbreak of whooping cough — one of the six main killer diseases…