Nigeria News

International aid agency Mercy Corps on Wednesday suspended its operations in two northeastern Nigerian states worst hit by Islamist insurgents after the army closed four of its offices in the region, the organization said. Last week the army closed the...

 Don't miss the wonderful snap shots from the community Earlier this month a group of Nigerian journalist under the Journalist Against Poverty Initiative(JAPI), visited a coastal settlement of the Ilajes in the heart of Lagos State. The Ilajes are a distinct...

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS. Justice Taiwo Taiwo said the activist should be released...

Nigeria’s government is vowing to use all means at its disposal to persuade a British court to set aside a ruling that calls for the seizure of $9.6 billion in assets from the West African nation, saying a contract...

A splinter faction of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram released a video on Sunday night appearing to show two men in orange jumpsuits being executed. The so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) claims the victims are “Christian soldiers”...

The army in northeastern Nigeria forced non-profit Action Against Hunger to close its office in the region, accusing it on Thursday of aiding terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State. The international aid agency said it was ordered...

Oluwatosin Adeoye, Nigerian returnee from South-Africa. One of the Nigerian returnees from South Africa, Oluwatosin Adeoye, told a journalist in a sit down interview, that South Africans value dogs' lives more than human. Here is a transcript of the interview: Q: What...

South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of attacks in which Nigerians and other foreigners have been targeted. A special envoy from South Africa presented an apology from President Cyril Ramaphosa to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari in...

Islamist terror group, have killed 9 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in Borno, three soldiers and an official from a security agency said on Wednesday. A decade-long insurgency in the northeast, started by Islamist group Boko...

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace landed at Muritala Mohammed Airport on Wednesday night with a batch of 187 Nigerians fleeing South Africa  following the xenophobic attacks in the Mandela country. The B777 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BWI, which departed Thambo International...