Geography of Nigeria
Emergency Door Falls Off Nigerian Plane
A Nigerian airline has blamed a passenger after one of its aircraft doors fell off shortly after landing. The flight...
Nigeria’s Dana Air Blames Passenger After Door Falls Off
A Nigerian airline has blamed a passenger after one of its aircraft doors fell off shortly after landing. The flight...
Increase In Atmospheric Heat Caused By Cloud Formation
Atmospheric heat in the southern part of the country has increased as a result of cloud formation. “The south is now...
10 Kidnapped On Nigeria Oil Exploration Mission
Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped 10 members of an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria,...
A Humanitarian Hub In Boko Haram Territory
Mangoes and watermelons, prayer mats and Chinese-made utensils are again filling the stalls of Maiduguri's markets, as...
Eight Killed In Nigeria Suicide Bombing
Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast...
Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram
A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...
Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless
Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri,...
Nigerian University Builds Trench To Stop Boko Haram Attacks
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to...
Nine Dead As 7 Suicide Bombers Hit NE Nigeria
Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where...
Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from...
Court Gives Lagos Poor Demolition Reprieve
Impoverished fishing communities in Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, celebrated a court ruling on Wednesday that...
‘Deadly Ambush On 200-Vehicle’ Convoy In Nigeria
Suspected militant Islamists have ambushed a convoy of about 200 vehicles on a major highway in north-eastern Nigeria,...
Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?
In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast...
Heavy Downpour Sinks Kano Town of Gwarzo
Not less than 100 houses have been submerged and destroyed on Tuesday following a heavy downpour in Gwarzo local...
Farmers Call To Return Home
Farmers and fishermen displaced by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria want to return home, saying it will help...
Slave Trade To People Trafficking In SE Nigeria
They travel thousands of kilometres across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small...
Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief
Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some...