Lagos, Nigeria

A report in an American medical journal that children in northern Nigeria have been infected with polio by the vaccine designed to prevent it have...

President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration has halted an initiative of his predecessor to privatise 102 elite public secondary schools across...

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua recently declared the energy crisis a national emergency, but aid groups say he should also declare a state of...

Human rights advocates in Nigeria are voicing alarm about recent arrests of cross-dressing men and of women allegedly wearing ‘indecent’ clothes,...

More than 5,000 people were made homeless by flooding in and around the northern city of Sokoto this week, bringing the number of victims to 50,000...

Flooding and rainstorms in two northern Nigerian states have left thousands more people displaced and killed many livestock, local officials said. ...

A private Christian university in Nigeria has come under fire from activists and health officials over its policy of compelling students to undergo...

State government plans to demolish several slums in the unstable southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt could spark ethnic tensions, fuel violence,...

Floods in various parts of Nigeria have forced thousands of people from their homes, polluted water sources and increased the risk of disease. ...

Measles is a preventable disease yet when it strikes in Nigeria it finds a ready pool of victims most of whom are children. In June more than 50...