The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Islamist militants have killed at least 25 people in an attack in a fishing town in Nigeria's Borno state, police and residents said on Thursday.

A train rammed into a public bus in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos on Thursday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, as the bus driver tried to beat the train signal, emergency services and the state governor said.

It is alleged a 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be rewarded for donating a kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu in an £80,000 private procedure.

Electoral commission says it is pushing back polling due to problems with digital voting system

Victor Osimhen has been tipped to join Manchester United in a £107m transfer move from Napoli and Odion Ighalo - who stopped him joining the Red Devils in 2020 - has given his fellow Nigerian a glowing review

An official says Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the nation’s March 11 gubernatorial election citing logistical challenges

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday.

Nigerians will return to the polls on Saturday to elect state governors across the country, two weeks after a disputed presidential election, with the main focus on the race to lead Lagos, the country's economic heartbeat and wealthiest state.

Ike Ekweremadu tells Old Bailey court he became suspicious of Lagos street trader offering kidney

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, was giving evidence at the Old Bailey in central London.

The World Bank suspends work with Tunisia over a spike in racist attacks fuelled by an inflammatory speech by President Kais Saied. In Nigeria, the opposition party leads peaceful protests in condemnation of the electoral commission's handling of last month's flawed presidential election. And a few hours after the Michelin…