1 day ago
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reported last week that more than 6,000 Nigerians, mainly women, children and the elderly, have fled to the neighboring country of Niger in recent weeks.
2 days ago
Nigeria rolled to a 6-1 victory at Confederations Cup on Monday over Tahaiti, which was making its debut at a major FIFA tournament.
7 days ago
Soldiers in Nigeria's military, drawn from across the more than 250 ethnicities in the nation, can have difficulties speaking local languages and understanding customs in regions far from their...
8 days ago
In a statement Tuesday, the San Ramon, California-based oil firm identified the two blocks as being offshore the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state in the country's oil-rich southern delta.
11 days ago
Witnesses say Islamic extremists who hid their weapons inside a coffin shot and killed 13 people in a northeast Nigeria city.
13 days ago
Specifics elusive in Nigeria's extremist fight
14 days ago
Nigeria's military has allowed journalists to see one area where its soldiers have fought Islamic extremists as part of a new offensive.
19 days ago
The company says it has halted recovery efforts as the ship is now too unstable for divers to work in.Offshore work can be dangerous, as sailors face Nigeria pirate and militant attacks.
20 days ago
The arms, later shown on the state-run Nigerian Television Authority, appeared to include badly corroded rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, hand grenades, assault rifles and magazines.
20 days ago
"As much as there is freedom of movement in Nigeria, as much as we have nothing to hide, we however only take responsibility for those people who offer to be guided by our security agencies," he...
20 days ago
"Gay sex has been banned in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people, since colonial rule by the British.
22 days ago
Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, operates offshore oil sites through a subsidiary in concert with Nigeria's state-run oil company.
22 days ago
Private security officials say pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors in the region's latest attack.
28 days ago
His books include "Things Fall Apart," which propelled him into international acclaim, as well as his recent autobiography about his experience during Nigeria's civil war called "There Was A Country.
29 days ago
Nigeria's military says the West African nation is prepared to release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists.
31 days ago
Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.
33 days ago
The security official told the AP that the service cut came on the orders of Nigeria's government and security forces as soldiers moved into the northeast to begin operations.
34 days ago
Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal...
35 days ago
Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody...
36 days ago
Separately on Tuesday, an official in the central Nigerian state of Kaduna said gunmen armed with assault rifles and suspected to be Hausa-Fulani cattle herders killed 11 people in a village there.
36 days ago
A German ship operator says five crew members kidnapped from one of its ships off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released.
37 days ago
Police and security forces have not announced any kidnapping cases involving Nigerians taken after Boko Haram attacks, though such abductions could be easily done in the chaos after an assault.
37 days ago
A Nigerian federal judge has found an Iranian and a Nigerian guilty of attempting to smuggle a shipment of military-grade weapons seized at the country's main port.
40 days ago
Known for bringing in celebrities and smiling in photographs next to former Western leaders, a flamboyant Nigerian newspaper publisher now faces a challenge from his most vocal critics - his own...
41 days ago
A statement from Nigeria's Air Force said the crash happened Thursday morning at its base in Port Harcourt and that the crew escaped unharmed.
