Imphal, June 18 (IANS): Lt Gen L. Nishikanta Singh (retd), who served in various positions in the Army for 40 years, compared the ethnic violence devastated Manipur with war-torn Libya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria.
Bola Tinubu from Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress party has won the country's presidential election, the lectoral body announced on Wednesday.
Abuja, March 1 (IANS): Bola Tinubu from Ni
Lagos, September 14 (AP): Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa's most populous country struggles to deal with multi
LAGOS, October 23 (Reuters): Gangs armed with knives and sticks blocked major roads in Lagos on Friday, with many angered by a speech by Nigeria's president in which he appealed for calm but failed to
LAGOS, October 21 (Reuters): Lagos was under a round-the-clock curfew on Wednesday enforced by police roadblocks, the day after witnesses reported soldiers had opened fire on protesters in Nigeria's bi
LAGOS, October 21 (Reuters): Lagos was under lockdown on Wednesday as a heavy police presence enforced a round-the-clock curfew, hours after soldiers opened fire on protesters in Nigeria's biggest city, wit
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise, it said on Saturday, while denying the move was part of any security response to recent widespread demonstrations against alle
LAGOS/ABUJA, October 16 (Reuters): Hundreds of protesters marched to the gates of Nigeria's parliament on Thursday, hours after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order after more than a
LAGOS, October 9 (Reuters): Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines, and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burn
LAGOS, September 29 (Reuters): The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy.