Nigerian police beat and arrested demonstrators on Saturday as a small group protested over the reopening of the site where activists denouncing police brutality were shot last year in the commercial capital, Lagos, Reuters witnesses said

During the operations, Farouk Yahaya, commander of Operation said, one soldier was killed and four others wounded in an incident involving improvised explosive devices planted by Boko Haram militants.

The aftermath of a conflict at Shasha Market in Ibadan, South West Nigeria, following a disagreement between a Yoruba man and a Northern Hausa resident.

Survivors recount stories about death threats they endured during their captivity in a forest.

Nigerian police arrested a small group of protesters in Lagos on Saturday after they tried to hold a rally demanding justice for victims of a deadly shooting during demonstrations last year.

Liberian-flagged ship came under pirate attack on Jan. 23

A court in Nigeria's capital city Abuja has ordered the Central Bank to unblock the accounts of 20 people who were involved in the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country last October.

At least 19 people have been killed and several others injured in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in two villages in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, a government official said Sunday.

"Nigeria demands a truly reformed, efficient and effective AU Commission, one that is fully committed to the discharge of its duties and responsibilities."

Nigeria’s methanol situation is an unusual one. Flush with gas resources, the country still imports 100 per cent of its methanol, even from countries with lesser gas reserves. It is a riddle that, like Nigeria’s petrol importation situation, bewilders stakeholders.

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled World Trade Organization, after a South Korean rival withdrew on Friday and the United States reversed its previous opposition.

Nigeria’s state oil company is renegotiating commercial contract terms with major oil firms, its chief said, in a move that it hopes will keep investment flowing into a sector crucial for its economy at a time when spending is being slashed.

West Africa’s oil exports slumped to the lowest level in at least three years last month, as infrastructure woes for some of Nigeria’s biggest streams combined with gradually waning output in Angola.

There has been no letup of incidents in the Gulf of Guinea with new reports of assaults on ships in the region, including another boarding last week.

The Chairman, Resource Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Prof Abdullahi Danladi, talks to ALEXANDER OKERE about the continued detention of the leader of the group, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah

The Northern Governors’ Forum has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to replace the country’s service chiefs.

A Fulani settlement at Na’ikko village in Giwa Council of Kaduna State has been attacked by bandits, leaving no fewer than and no fewer than 12 dead, with many houses razed

Mrs Emenike was among the 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors whose deployment was recently approved by Mr Buhari

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the attack on a Fulani community in the southwest, insisting that such an act was a social upheaval that may destabilize the country.

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says it is exploring areas of support from the United Kingdom in the fight against terrorism.