According to reports on the BBC, a Royal Air force (RAF) spy plane, has left the UK to help Nigeria search for the over 200 missing school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. The sentinel R1 spy...

The local government elections which took place at the 44 local government areas and the 484 wards in Kano, Northern Nigeria, was marred by violence in some parts of the state yesterday. The skirmishes prevented some...

Very few African countries have as many urbanised centres as Nigeria. The 36-state structure in the country allows for the growth of 36 urban centres and the federal capital. Some states have more than a major...

In a veiled criticism of the Nigerian military, the UK foreign secretary, William Hague said on Saturday, that the Nigerian security forces have not been well structured to counter the growing terrorist activities in the country....

Suspected members of Boko Haram have attacked a camp of Chinese workers in Northern Cameroon. The attack took place in the town of Waza, which is 20 km from the Nigerian border. One person is reported...

A mini summit will be held today in France to find a lasting solution to the problem of Boko Haram. The summit was at the instance of the French president, Francois Hollande. Leaders of all of...

Eight doctors, four nurses and five other health workers were reported to have contracted Lassa fever, after participating in a surgery on a pregnant woman at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, South-Eastern Nigeria....

The United Nations has promised to assist Nigeria in her efforts to secure the release of over 200 captured school girls in the north-east of the country. The newly appointed envoy of the UN to Nigeria,...

In 1994 when Nigeria won the African nations cup, her continental stellar performance was replicated on the world stage at the world cup later that year. Perhaps it is apt to expect such trend at the...

The Nigerian House of Representatives has voted in favour of an extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by 6 months. This follows unabated insurgency by Boko Haram in these states,...