ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said Monday. The blast happened in the early ...

A man rides a motorcycle taxi past Christmas decorations on a street in Lago, Nigeria, on Dec. 20, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At least 67 people died in separate ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 10 protesters in Nigeria faced a possible death penalty on Monday after being charged with treason over their participation in recent demonstrations against the country’s ...

Sanda was sentenced to death for killing her husband but received a pardon from President Bola Tinubu. Nigeria's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence, Nigerian media have reported.

A Christmas fun fair in Nigeria that was organised for children turned tragic after a stampede led to at least 35 deaths, the police said. Six others are critically injured, according to the police.

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), the regulatory body governing the practice of engineering has said that Nigeria recorded 22 building collapses between January to July ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities released Tuesday 29 children who have been detained for over two months and potentially faced the death penalty for their alleged participation in protests ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said. Torrents of predawn rainfall ...

Abuja, Nigeria — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 52 people, the country's emergency response agency said. The fuel ...

Jos, Nigeria — At least 22 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Associated Press reported. Trapped students were heard crying for help ...

Nigeria calls for Pan-African collaboration to tackle the rising Africa cancer burden, as cancer now kills more than HIV, ...