The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Heavy rainfall has sparked flooding and forced thousands to flee their homes

Floodwaters submerged large parts of the market town of Mokwa, with officials predicting the death toll would grow.

Cyriel Dessers says his ultimate career dream would be to win a major tournament with Nigeria.

The race to become Africa's next "super banker" ends on Thursday, with five candidates, including one woman, vying to succeed Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank in a contest that appears too close to call.

Super Eagles withstand second half fightback to seal place in Saturday’s Unity Cup final

 Watch as Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers scores for Nigeria

The two nations revived a long-standing rivalry in London tonight

Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), one of the most powerful global affiliates of the Islamic State jihadist organisation, is in the middle of its largest offensive against the Nigerian military in years.

In Nigeria and Kenya, many small to medium farms and rural grain-milling businesses are not connected to the national electricity grid. They still use petrol or diesel generators for power. Energy, agriculture and development researchers Temilade Sesan, Lucy Baker and colleagues set out to discover how these agribusinesses could get…