Nigeria beat Tunisia 3-2 in a dramatic Group C clash against Tunisia at AFCON 2025. Having squandered a string of early chances, Victor Osimhen opened his account at the tournament by heading Ademola ...

JABO, Nigeria -- Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed on Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rushed ...

The United States launched airstrikes in Nigeria against Islamic State militants on Christmas Day after President Donald Trump threatened in November to go into the country "guns-a-blazing" over what ...

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said the “remaining” students taken from a Catholic school had been freed, but the local diocese said that only a “second batch” had been released. By Ruth ...

Nigeria’s oil and gas regulator has issued 28 permits to companies aiming to commercialise flared gas, predicting the move will trigger $2 billion of investments, create 100,000 jobs and cut carbon ...

Nigeria has drawn a link between U.S. threats of attacks on Islamists over allegations of Christian genocide and recent kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls. “There is a correlation between the ...

Google has released its 2025 Year in Search report, offering a detailed look at the events, personalities, entertainment, and cultural moments that shaped the curiosity of Nigerians throughout the ...

The Kukah Centre (TKC), a Nigeria-based public policy institute, has responded to what it describes as a “mischaracterization” of the remarks of its founder, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, about the ...

The gang that abducted a group of young women in Nigeria's northeast state of Borno a week ago released the remaining 12 late Saturday, a local official told AFP. Their release comes as the country ...

Patience Ozokwor is a living Nollywood legend. Explore her age, children, net worth, top films and her rise to cultural icon status. Patience was born on 14 September 1958, in Amaobo, Ngwo, a village ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide emergency following two mass ...

(Abuja) – Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and ...