Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins the presidential election.

Nigerians have voted to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tight race.

Oil spills resulting from Shell's operations in the Niger Delta have destroyed farms, and contaminated drinking water.

Members of the Islamic movement in Nigeria rally to condemn Azerbaijan's persecution and torture of Shias members of the Muslim Movement for Unity.

West African leaders at ECOWAS agree to create a regional force to maintain security in the region.

Gunmen stormed a mosque in Nigeria’s restive northwestern state of Katsina on Saturday and abducted 19 Muslim worshippers.

Armed gangs have spread a reign of terror across the volatile northwest over the years.

Gunmen abduct at least 80 people and killed 11 others in separate attacks in the northwest of Nigeria, in the latest attacks by armed gangs that have been preying on villages, schools and highways.

Dozens of children were abducted by gunmen from a farm in northern Katsina state and the kidnappers were demanding a ransom for their release, police and residents said on Wednesday.

At least 500 people have been killed and thousands of others displaced as a result of floods in Nigeria since the start of the rainy season this year in what has been described as the worst floods to hit the African country in years.