JOS, Nigeria - Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving bloodied bodies amid ...

Although religious tensions between Christians and Muslims are a major factor in the recent violence in the Nigerian town of Jos, the disturbances there are also symptomatic of wider systemic problems ...

Jos, popularly called the Tin City in Africa used to be one of the largest mining sites. In this report, ACHOR ABIMAJE writes that the once lucrative trade is going into extinction. Plateau State is ...

Jos, Nigeria — At least 22 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Associated Press reported. Trapped students were heard crying for help ...

Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was kidnapped June 17 after gunmen attacked the parish he serves, St. Paul Bomo Parish in the Archdiocese of Jos in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, came under fierce criticism for inaction and negligence before and during the crisis. In particular, he was criticized for traveling abroad just one week ...

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Nigeria's main relief agency said it had counted 44 dead bodies following what appeared to be coordinated attacks. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced another 47 people were ...

JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. The man, Dahiru ...