The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Lagos is Nigeria’s economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country.

Football is a game of passion, and passions can become particularly inflamed when the sport represents larger political struggles. In Nigeria in 1977, an Africa-wide football contest fuelled the ethnic rivalry between the Yoruba and the Igbo people to the point that the military had to intervene. The game was…

Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, violation of these measures can result in a death penalty.

Nigeria's economic crisis and soaring petrol prices forced Bolaji Emmanuel to give up his driver and his Honda Pilot utility vehicle, as he struggles with spiking living costs.

Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday

Many killed while scooping up spilled petrol from road, rising fuel prices forcing them to take ‘desperate measures’.

Tragic fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria's Jigawa state underscores safety risks and economic struggles in the country.

People were collecting fuel from tanker that had crashed when it blew up, according to local police

Nigerians took to the streets in August 2024 to voice their frustration at a series of government policies. These policies had been ostensibly designed to make Nigeria more attractive for outside investment.