Nigeria

An explosion in a warehouse has sparked a major fire in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city and commercial capital. Witnesses said fireworks were stored in the

(Reuters) – Kidnappers snatched the mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from her home in southeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources and the minister’s

Nigeria’s military is offering large rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Military officials said 50m

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s worst flooding in at least half a century has killed 363 people since the start of July and displaced 2.1 million people,

(Reuters) – Passengers arriving at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a refugee camp.     In

Dozens of young men have been shot dead in Nigeria by the military in Maiduguri, residents in the north-eastern city have told the BBC. An

By Joe Brock ABUJA (Reuters) – Human rights abuses committed by Nigeria’s security forces in their fight against Islamist sect Boko Haram are fuelling the very