Nigeria, Africa

A fire at a dormant Royal Dutch Shell oil well in southern Nigeria caused by thieves trying to siphon off crude oil has killed at least one person,...

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...

JOS Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers say they are struggling to cope with the fallout of violent clashes between Christians and Muslims...

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed during religious clashes in the central Nigerian town of Jos. A Muslim charity says it collected...

All paracetamol-based drugs prescribed in Nigeria are being tested after the deaths of 29 children, who had taken contaminated medicine, officials...

Riots in the Nigerian city of Jos have left one policeman and several civilians dead the day after elections for the local council, police say. A...

KANO Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Just 26 percent of girls in northern Nigeria make it beyond primary school, according to the UN Children’s...

Nigeria's food and drug agency says that 25 children aged between three months and four years have died after taking a contaminated teething syrup....