Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, leading to widespread hardship and anger. A litre of petrol costs more than three times what it did nine months ago ...

Fyneface Dumnamene/BBC The illegal oil refineries are hidden in the creeks of the Niger Delta This is part of a creek in the Niger Delta, a dense network of waterways in southern Nigeria.

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The attack on the church in south-western Nigeria is one in a series targeting Christians The recent killing of dozens worshippers at a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria has reignited ...

Nigeria's government recently acknowledged that the country has the highest number of children out of school in the world. It says there are 10.5 million children not being educated. Education ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

Mobile money represents a revolutionary reality in Nigeria as well as in many other African countries. It allows customers to receive, store, and spend money using a mobile phone. The service can ...

Johannesburg — More than 140 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday night when a fuel tanker crashed and then exploded in Nigeria, local officials said. A police spokesperson said ...

At least 40 people have drowned and are presumed to have died after their boat capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, ...

Several similar disasters have taken place in recent years. By Ismail Auwal and Elian Peltier Ismail Auwal reported from Kano, Nigeria, and Elian Peltier from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. More than 150 ...

More than 150 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The crash on Tuesday night took place on an ...