Nigeria

After a building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing at least 11 people, including several school children attending a school on the building's top floor, we look at some reasons why such tragedies seem to occur so often in…

An e-commerce company based in Nigeria is to become the first African start-up to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Jumia could go public in the next month.

Johannesburg - Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the results of the Plateau State governorship elections inconclusive. As a result, fresh elections will be held in the majority of government-held areas.

ABUJA. – The head of Nigeria’s main anti-corruption agency on Monday said he wanted former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke to be extradited to face trial because a corruption probe against her in Britain was taking too long.

KANO. – Boko Haram jihadists have killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in the latest attacks in restive northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, militia and residents said on Wednesday. The civilian militia fighting the Islamists…

Nigeria have named a strong squad for their Women's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Ghana later this month.

LAGOS - HSBC and UBS have closed their offices in Nigeria, the country’s central bank said in a report on Friday as it revealed foreign investment had fallen sharply from a year ago.

WARSAW/ABUJA - Pirates boarded a container ship off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from Poland, according the vessel’s management firm and Polish state media.

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr is still keen on persuading Everton's Ademola Lookman to play for the Super Eagles.

A former state governor in Nigeria has been taken to court in Lagos on corruption charges.Ayo Fayose, who was the governor of Ekiti state, is accused of receiving illegal payments from companies and individuals as well as acquiring property…

The life of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu is under threat, his lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor has told BBC Focus on Africa.