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Nigeria tries to calm rising inflation and people's anger by hiking up the interest rate as thousands of Nigerians take to the streets. But first: a new date for the Senegalese presidential election, June 2, is put forward by the national dialogue commission, although the talks are boycotted by much…

Despite moving to a new country in 2007, Simon never forgot about the land he came from and the struggles of his people. He remained active in Biafran circles, both in Finland and elsewhere, and continued supporting the independence movement.

Ahead of an ECOWAS summit in Abuja, the Nigerian general speaks to Al Jazeera about insecurity in West Africa.

Learn about Nigeria's rising unemployment rate due to ongoing reforms and the government's efforts to create more job opportunities.

The militant group continues to abduct schoolchildren in north-eastern Nigeria, but one school is giving survivors hope of a better life through education

In tonight's edition: Over the weekend, Kinshasa accused Rwanda of using a drone to attack a plane at an airport near Goma, in eastern DR Congo. Protesters have now taken to the streets of Goma as tensions escalate. Also, Somali terror group Al Shabaab says that two Cuban hostages abducted…

Hundreds of Nigerians demonstrated against the soaring cost of living in the south of the country on Monday after huge protests in the north earlier this month.

The Telangana State Anti Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) has identified two men, including a Nigerian national, lodged inside the jail to be operating one of the biggest drug rackets across the country. 

A young man learns how to love in a hostile world in this debut from Nigeria