Cows obstruct Nigeria's capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go
As the population grows and development extends to rural areas where herders live and graze their cattle, they are now forced to move into the city center in search of pasture.
Nigerian leader calls for end to hardship protests, blaming 'political agenda' for violence
Nigeria’s leader has called for an end to mass protests over economic hardship, saying the rallies have turned violent and blaming “a few with a political agenda” for driving them.
Police fire gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests over Nigeria's economy. At least 2 killed
Security forces have fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s spiraling economy.
Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president with help from coalition parties
Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria.
Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation
Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades.
Nigeria's new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed
Nigeria has adopted a new national anthem reintroduced nearly a half-century ago after it was dropped for the current one.
2 Nigerian military personnel will face court martial over a drone attack that killed 85 villagers
Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a drone attack in the West African nation’s conflict-battered north four months earlier.
10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings
The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country.
Over 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's northwest are rescued after weeks in captivity
Officials in Nigeria say 137 schoolchildren have been rescued more than two weeks after they were seized in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forest.
Nigerian leader rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue
Nigeria’s president has urged security agencies not to pay ransoms to rescue nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago.
They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria's forests
Security forces are searching large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region for nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier.
Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says
A school headteacher in northwestern Nigeria says gunmen who attacked the school abducted 287 students as they were about to start classes.
Nigeria's union workers are on strike nationwide over soaring inflation and unmet promises
Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers have begun a new nationwide strike that threatens to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain.
West Africa's regional bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger which were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year.
At least 140 villagers killed by suspected herders in weekend attacks in north-central Nigeria
Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen in weekend attacks on remote villages in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state.
In coup-hit West Africa, regional leaders acknowledge little progress in their push for democracy
Leaders from across West Africa are meeting in Nigeria in a renewed push for respect for democracy across the coup-hit region.
Nigeria's president approves spending millions on a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers
Nigeria's president has signed a controversial bill that earmarks $6.1 million for a presidential yacht and millions more for sport utility vehicles for his wife and other top government officials.
Nigeria’s Supreme Court refuses to void president’s election and dismisses opposition challenges
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has refused to void the election of President Bola Tinubu and dismissed the challenges brought by two losing candidates.
A government shutdown in Nigeria has been averted after unions suspended a labor strike
Nigerian government workers are continuing their work after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship which could have shut down government services in Africa’s most populous country.
Nigeria's leader increases wages to avert a strike that could shut down the government
Nigeria’s leader has increased the wages of some government workers in last-minute efforts to appease labor unions whose planned strike this week could shut down government offices in all sectors of Africa’s largest economy.
At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined
At the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, African leaders are relaying a unanimous message, that their continent of more than 1.3 billion people is done being a “victim” of a post-world war order and must be recognized and partnered with as a global power in itself.
An appeals court dismisses opposition challenges against Nigerian president's election victory
An appeals court in Nigeria has rejected the petitions filed by the opposition challenging the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in February.
Nigerian workers walk off the job again to protest rising costs after removal of gas subsidies
Some employees in government offices in Nigeria walked off their jobs in protest of the growing cost of living due to the removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met.
Striking Nigerian doctors to embark on nationwide protest over unmet demands by country's leader
Doctors from Nigerian public hospitals who have been on strike since last week say they will embark on a nationwide protest, accusing the country’s president of ignoring their demands for better work conditions.
Nigerian leader plans $10 monthly handout to poor households after gas subsidy ends
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has told federal legislators that his government plans to pay $10 every month to poor households to ease the hardship caused by his administration’s removal of subsidies for gasoline.
Ending Nigeria's fuel subsidy pushes a shift to solar. Without a climate plan, progress is at risk
Nigeria's removal of a subsidy that helped reduce the price of gasoline has increased costs for people already struggling with high inflation.
Nigeria lets market set currency exchange rate to stabilize economy, woo investors
Nigeria’s central bank has ended its distorted foreign exchange rate, a move the new government in Africa's biggest economy hopes will help woo investors and stabilize the local currency.
Drivers line up for gasoline across Nigeria after new president scraps fuel subsidy
Drivers are lining up at gas stations across Nigeria after the country's new leader scrapped a subsidy program that has helped reduce the price of fuel.
Nigeria court hears opposition's presidential vote challenge
A Nigerian court has opened hearing on suits filed by opposition parties to challenge the incumbent party’s victory in the country’s Feb. 25 presidential election.
Nigeria's Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote
Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has thanked his supporters and appealed to his rivals in remarks after he was declared the winner of last weekend’s presidential election.
After delays, Nigerians keep watch for key vote's outcome
People are still lined up hours after voting was supposed to close in Nigeria during the country’s presidential and parliamentary election which opened with large delays.