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Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, officials told Reuters on Sunday. School administrator Reverend John...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Monday that the government would bring police officers responsible for misconduct to justice, after nearly a week of...

South Africa and Nigeria have reiterated condemnation of recent violent attacks in South Africa against foreign nationals. The nations cemented their stance at the first...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce bonds between the countries after deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South...

Nigeria’s elections need serious reform after being marred by violence, systemic failings and low turnout according to the European Union observer mission. The EU commented...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer, the electoral commission chairman said...

President Muhammadu Buhari warned anyone tampering with Nigeria’s postponed vote risked their lives and accused the electoral commission of incompetence. The Independent National Electoral Commission...

A militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern Niger Delta threatened to cripple the economy if President Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected on Saturday. The Niger Delta...

The suspension of Nigeria’s most senior judge by President Muhammadu Buhari broke international human rights standards on independence of the judiciary and the separation...

Nigerians will on February 16 choose between two septuagenarians to lead Africa’s largest democracy: President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice president Atiku Abubakar. The...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's government accused the main opposition party of planning violence ahead of next month's election in a nation with a history...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched his manifesto on Sunday, hoping his anti-corruption agenda can win him a second term in a February...

Nigeria Senate leader, Bukola Saraki, will stand to become the main opposition candidate in 2019's presidential elections, making him the highest profile...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country at the weekend after two weeks leave in Britain, according to the presidency's official...

Nigeria's president called for calm after at least 86 people died in clashes between farmers and semi-nomadic herders over the weekend. Authorities...

Nigerian lawmakers issued a list of demands to the president, largely related to security, the latest sign of strained relations between the...

Nigerian lawmakers voted to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to the House of Representatives to discuss the spate of killings in central Nigeria. Hundreds...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met 107 schoolgirls freed by Islamist militant group Boko Haram and promised to secure the release of their...

Nigeria's president told parents of 110 abducted schoolgirls he ordered all military and security agencies to search for them, in his first...

Nigeria's presidency plans to negotiate the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in Dapchi last month, rather than use a...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the state where 110 schoolgirls were abducted by suspected Islamist militants , his office said, as...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed an executive order aimed at boosting the domestic production of goods and creating jobs in science, technology...

President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit south-east Nigeria this week, his spokesman said, his first trip since taking office to the region...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari said the country "cannot afford to go back to dark days of insecurity" in the oil-producing Niger Delta...

President Muhammadu Buhari sacked Nigeria's most senior civil servant after an investigation into graft allegations, the highest profile casualty of the anti-corruption...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari will not allow the country to be dismembered as it faces calls for secession in a region formerly...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday chaired his first cabinet meeting since returning from sick leave in Britain. Buhari returned home on August...

Nigeria's upper house of parliament backed a series of constitutional amendments that could weaken the presidency and boost the legislature, the latest...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari delivered an audio message to mark the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday, senior presidency sources said, his first public...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health is not as poor as assumed, his wife said, trying to assuage concerns in the country over...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discussed a possible new arms deal with US President Donald Trump by telephone on Monday to help the...

Nigeria's absentee president is in good health and is expected to return home soon, his deputy said, after mounting unease about the...

Hundreds of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos calling for a change of government on Monday, a rare show of public...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will meet leaders of the restive Niger Delta in Abuja next week in an attempt to end an...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told a group of 21 girls released by Islamist militants last week that he will "redouble"...

A row between Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife has brought cracks in the ruling party into the open as frustration...

The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says she may not back her husband at the next election unless he shakes up...

Nigeria is talking to oil companies and seeking to make contact with leaders of militant groups in an effort to end attacks...

Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls...

Muslim herdsmen fleeing Boko Haram jihadists and fast-spreading desertification in the north of Nigeria are clashing with Christian farmers in the south,...

The Niger Delta Avengers, a Nigerian militant group which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil facilities in the...

A more flexible foreign exchange policy will help Nigeria's economy, which has been hit by a slump in oil revenues, President Muhammadu...

At least the taxi drivers of Lagos are happy, even if businessmen in Nigeria's commercial capital are not. A year after becoming president,...

Around $15 billion - equal to about half the country's foreign currency reserves - was stolen from Nigeria's public purse under the...

A video showing 15 of the 219 schoolgirls held by the jihadist group Boko Haram has added pressure on the Nigerian government...

Nigeria will crack down on groups responsible for recent pipeline attacks in the oil-producing Delta region, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday. Pipeline...

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday he had submitted a cabinet list to parliament for approval but asked Nigerians to continue to...

As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria's presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text message to an...