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Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks ...

It is unclear what sparked the clashes but a senior police officer told the BBC that a police station had ...

Successive governments ignored the runway which was supposed to be upgraded in 2002 Nigeria’s airport in the capital, Abuja, has ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said he has never been “so sick” as he has felt in recent weeks. He ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after weeks of medical leave in the UK and speculation over his condition. ...

Nigeria’s biggest airline has said it will challenge its takeover by the government. Arik Air has been in financial trouble ...

Nigeria's food safety agency has denied claims by the health minister that it has cleared the reported "plastic" rice. A ...

Nigeria’s government has denied reports that “plastic rice” was being sold in the country, days after the customs service said ...

Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has told the ...