Nigeria

The World Health Organization on Monday declared Nigeria officially Ebola-free, after 42 days -- or two incubation periods -- without…

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast Nigeria where more than 200 schoolgirls…

Nigeria's president said on Thursday he had ordered "a full-scale operation" against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure…

Boko Haram released a new video on Monday claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack…

Twin blasts at a packed bus station in Nigeria's capital killed "dozens of people" on Monday, a spokesman for the…

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy arrived at dawn on Thursday in the Nigerian capital Abuja to head an Egyptian delegation that…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday replaced the chiefs of defence, army, navy and air force, a presidency statement said,…

A French man has been freed almost a year after he was kidnapped in Nigeria by Islamist militants, President Francois…

The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a "foreign terrorist organisation" on Wednesday,…