Unidentified attackers have killed nearly 50 people in Nigeria鈥檚 Plateau state, a Red Cross source said Monday, in the latest bout of violence in a religiously mixed region known for intercommunal conflict and deadly land disputes....
Armed men killed 10 people in a village in central-northern Nigeria鈥攁 region regularly rocked by inter-communal violence鈥攕everal local sources said on Friday.
Former African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen scored both goals as Nigeria beat Rwanda 2-0 in Kigali on Friday to win for the first time in 2026 World Cup qualifying.
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack in the northeast, two army sources said on Sunday....
At least 21 government militiamen were killed in an ambush by criminal gangs in Nigeria鈥檚 northwest Katsina state, police said early Saturday.
Border Guard Bangladesh detained a Nigerian national for intruding into the country from India through Parshuram border of Feni on early Sunday...
Nigerian police on Sunday raised the total death toll from two stampedes at food distribution centres to 32.
A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has killed 35 children and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday.
Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman was named 2024 African men's player of the year at a ceremony in Marrakesh on Monday, while Zambia's Barbra Banda picked up the women's award.
An explosion has killed more than 140 people in northern Nigeria as crowds rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker, officials said on Wednesday.
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday...
The Nigeria Football Federation said it will fly the country's team back to the country Monday after alleged 鈥榠nhumane treatment鈥� in Libya ahead of a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria, killing at least 59 people, a rescue agency said on Monday....
Around 81 people died and several went missing after alleged members of Boko Haram attacked Nigeria鈥檚 northeastern Yobe State, local officials told AFP on Tuesday.
Nigerian security forces have arrested seven Polish nationals accused of playing a 鈥榮uspicious role鈥� in protests against government policies and economic hardship, the national security agency said on Thursday...
Nigerian police said on Tuesday they had arrested more than 90 demonstrators carrying Russian flags as protests triggered by economic hardship entered a sixth day.
At least 13 people died during protests in Nigeria on Thursday, according to rights group Amnesty International, which accused security forces of killing peaceful protesters.
At least 13 people were killed during protests over economic hardship in Nigeria on Thursday, according to rights group Amnesty International, which accused security forces of killing peaceful demonstrators.
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in...
Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official...
Nigeria鈥檚 president has proposed a $1.3 billion package to combat soaring prices and food insecurity as the country battles its worst聽economic crisis聽in a generation...
At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities...
Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 26 people, including four policemen, and kidnapped dozens more in a raid on a northwestern Nigerian village, the latest in a...
Desperation rose on Friday as Nigerian rescuers worked by hand to dig out around 20 trapped miners, with fears they may not survive after four days...
The Nigerian army said on Friday that five soldiers and six civilians were killed in a clash between soldiers and separatists in the southeast during an ambush on a checkpoint....
Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching...
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he...
Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria鈥檚 military to battle jihadists were killed on Saturday in the country鈥檚 northeast when their vehicle hit a landmine on a highway near the border with Cameroon....
A vehicle transporting local traders hit an improvised landmine killing at least 10 people and wounding 23 in an area of northeast Nigeria battling...