Nigerias

General Christopher Musa addresses the Boko Haram challenge, corruption reports, and more. For more than 15 years, Nigeria’s armed forces have battled Boko Haram and groups affiliated with ISIL (ISIS), …

On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching clothes. But this weekend left …

Discover how Nigeria’s economic crisis provoked nationwide protests, with voices from every layer of society. A year after Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic reforms, the nation faces soaring inflation, …

Protesters demand quicker reforms and government action to ease the pain amid reforms carried out by the new president. President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians protesting against a cost of …

Lagos, Nigeria – It was after 11pm on a night last February when Victoria Oyeyemi received an urgent phone call as she was getting ready for bed. A fellow taxi …

The 29-year-old chess player and child education advocate played in part to raise money for underprivileged children. A Nigerian chess champion has broken the world record for the longest chess …

The officers treated journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha as if he was violent and dangerous. Guns drawn, they arrested him at the home of a friend, drove him to the local …

People in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, are hardly shy. The stereotype runs toward boisterousness, worn as a point of pride. But when the artist and poet Precious Okoyomon recorded interviews …