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Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom
Near the parade ground that Queen Elizabeth II once toured when Nigeria was still under British rule, the sharp crack of a ball against a bat marks ...
Monopoly comes to Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city
Nigeria's largest city of Lagos is no boardwalk, but now Monopoly is taking inspiration from the city's sprawling chaos. Officials unveiled a ...
15 killed in Nigeria shoot-out with radical sect
A shootout in northeastern Nigeria between security forces and members of a radical Islamist sect killed at least 15 people, including a local police ...
Nigeria minister's mother abduction part of trend
Police searched Monday for the kidnapped mother of Nigeria's powerful finance minister, after an abduction that shows no one is out of reach of ...
Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly
The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of ...
At least 10 killed in northeast Nigeria violence
A security official says at least 10 people were killed in attacks in northeast Nigeria likely carried out by a radical Islamist sect. The security ...
Shell restores Forcados export levels from Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has lifted a six-week-long production warning on Forcados crude exports from Nigeria's oil-rich delta following pipeline ...
S. Africa group pays $335M for MTN Nigeria share
A South African investment group has purchased a minority stake in MTN Group Ltd.'s operation in Nigeria for $335 million. Shanduka Group said in a ...
10 killed in central Nigeria violence
Gunmen sprayed bullets from a moving van Monday night, killing ten people in a predominantly Christian town in a region beset by religious tensions, ...
Attack frees Nigeria police inmates, leaves 2 dead
Gunmen attacked a major police station near Nigeria's capital Monday that holds members of a radical Islamist sect, freeing prisoners and killing two ...
Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11
Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in ...
Pope elevates 6 cardinals to choose successor
Pope Benedict XVI responded to criticism that the club of churchmen who will choose his successor is too Eurocentric, elevating six new cardinals from ...
Nigerian tops Forbes' list of Africa's richest
Forbes magazine says Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian tycoon who built his empire on commodities like flour, sugar and cement, is Africa's richest man.
Nigerian president's brother dies
The Nigerian presidency says President Goodluck Jonathan's younger brother has died. Spokesman Reuben Abati said in a statement that Meni Innocent ...
Nigeria owes state oil firm $8.1B in gas subsidies
An official says the Nigerian government owes its state-run oil firm more than $8.1 billion in gasoline subsidy payments. The Nigerian National ...
Twin road accidents kill 25 in north Nigeria
An official says two road accidents that took place an hour apart have claimed 25 lives on a northern Nigerian road. Zamfara state spokesman Nuhu Anka ...
Total sells Nigeria offshore oil stake for $2.5B
French oil company Total SA said Monday it had sold its stake in an offshore oil field near Nigeria for $2.5 billion to the Chinese state-run firm ...
4 killed in religious riots in central Nigeria
A Christian vigilante group killed a Muslim resident who insisted on going through their illegal checkpoint, triggering riots that have left at least ...
Friends: Texas day care owner cared about children
Friends and family of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone testified ...
Shell reopens damaged pipeline in Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has reopened a pipeline in the oil-rich southern delta and has lifted a month-old production warning on its supplies to ...
Group: Nigeria lead poisoning crisis still ongoing
A group is warning that a lead poisoning crisis in northern Nigeria is still ongoing and affecting children, while government money has yet to be ...
African leaders agree to send troops to north Mali
West African nations on Sunday agreed to send some 3,000 troops to help the country of Mali wrest back control of its northern half, which was seized ...
Royal Dutch Shell shuts down Nigeria oil pipeline
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has shut down a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta after finding leaks it blamed on oil thieves. In a ...
Nobel laureate Soyinka: Nigeria 'at war' with sect
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Friday dismissed calls for peace negotiations with the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram and said Nigerian ...
Gunmen kill 2 Chinese workers in northeast Nigeria
Gunmen have shot dead two Chinese construction workers in northeast Nigeria, a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect. Authorities initially ...