The aircraft was en route to Portugal when it had to land in Burkina Faso, the Nigerian authorities have said (file photo) Eleven Nigerian military officers were briefly detained in Burkina Faso after ...

Wolfsberger AC defender Chibuike Nwaiwu is on the radar of Paris Saint-Germain Bayer Leverkusen and Leeds United. Nwaiwu linked up with Wolfsberger AC from nine-time Nigeria Premier Football League, ...

The Nigerian president has confirmed that a brigadier general was killed by a terrorist group while in captivity, days after the senior official was kidnapped by ISWAP militants following an ambush in ...

During a live televised hearing in 2020, Nigerian official Daniel Pondei, head of the Niger Delta Development Commission, suddenly collapsed while being questioned about missing funds. Lawmakers were ...

ABUJA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday launched an investigation into how $4.6 billion in international aid grants between 2021 and 2025 was used, saying the money had failed to ...

For many women in Nigeria, hustling is more than hard work - it’s bias, barriers, and big expectations. So, what’s really holding women back? Is it money? Men? Or mindset? DW’s Edith Kimani and Trust ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has launched a new Nigerian Content Fund Clearance Certificate (NCFCC), a verifiable and transparent instrument that serves as tangible ...

Nigerian communities that rely on sales of shea nuts are worried that a six-month export ban aimed at encouraging local use of the crop will leave a worrying crack in the $6 billion global market.

LAGOS - A nationwide strike by Nigeria's oil workers union has shut the offices of the country's oil regulator and state oil company, threatening fuel supply and trade across West Africa after the ...

Hundreds of women from across the country gathered in the Nigerian capital this week in support of those leading a push to introduce a quota for female legislators. Currently, only four out of 109 ...

Hundreds of women have protested in the Nigerian capital to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. Thus far, female lawmakers have been rare in ...