Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation’s capital, Abuja. The ...

The gunmen who abducted more than 150 church worshippers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northwest are demanding 17 motorcycles as ransom from families ...

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has now endured for more than two decades, long enough to defy the grim predictions that once ...

Millions of children in West and Central Africa are being forced out of attending school due to worsening insecurity. Despite efforts to combat banditry and conflict the crisis continues, particularly ...

BY ZAGAZOLA MAKAMA The claim that Nigeria is witnessing a state-sanctioned “Christian genocide” has been trending in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has followed up on the president’s rhetoric about Christian persecution in Nigeria by launching military ...

Attacks threaten regional energy trade and integration projects, such as the West African Power Pool, West African Gas ...

LIGARI, Nigeria (AP) — Much of northern Nigeria has been battered by conflict in a longstanding security crisis, and U.S. President Donald Trump has singled the country out for what he calls “the ...

Dec. 8 (UPI) --Late last October, President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as "a country of particular concern" (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act for "severe violations of ...

Christians killed in Nigeria reaches alarming levels as Open Doors reports 3,490 of 4,849 Christians murdered worldwide for ...

KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — Aisha Muhammed was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she had the convulsions and high blood pressure of eclampsia, a leading cause of maternal death. Her village’s ...

These 20 investigations capture Nigeria's most pressing health challenges in 2025, and how ordinary Nigerians bear the ...