Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian health officials are working to contain a resurgence of Lassa fever, a highly infectious disease that has killed at least eight people in...

Nigeria’s state governments have been urged not to extend the death penalty to include crimes such as kidnapping. Nigeria currently operates a...

A Nigerian ex-minister has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars of government funds.Nigeria's...

The Supreme Court upheld the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua, left, on Friday after more than a year and a half of legal battles and allegations...

Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething...

Nigerian artists dominated the MTV Africa Music Awards (the Mamas) on their own turf in the capital city Abuja, scooping six of the 10 awards. D'banj...

Amnesty International says that hundreds of those awaiting execution on Nigeria's death row did not have fair trials and may therefore be innocent.

Africa's first communications satellite has suffered an energy failure just 18 months after its launch.

Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic under-development, a disaffected youth, and...

Civil society organisations call for the adoption of Additional Protocol on Freedom of Expression in Africa The Forum on the participation of NGOs...