Nigeria, Africa

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...

Music Television has held a first-ever music award program for Africa...

KANO Friday, October 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local...

ABUJA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - The Nigerian Ministry of Health is trying to determine what caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that has...

ABUJA Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - A 18 October rebel attack on the Bakassi peninsula exposes the region’s continued vulnerability to...

KANO Friday, October 31, 2008 (IRIN) - Despite a good harvest in 2008 Nigeria’s grain stocks are running low causing cereal prices – which usually...

ABUJA Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic...

LAGOS Thursday, November 20, 2008 (IRIN) - Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and...

Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present:...

Recent police raids have revealed an alleged network of clinics, dubbed baby "farms" or "factories" in the local press, that was breeding babies for...