Nigerian graduates must all do one year of national service. It’s meant to foster unity, but it does soak up 90% of the national youth budget

Fears grew in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday about the fate of potentially scores of girls who have not been seen since a Boko Haram attack on Monday

Boko Haram militants are likely to be the prime suspects in the latest school attack in Nigeria, which left 23 students dead and 72 injured.