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26 Nov 2017

Suspected Boko Haram militants take over northeast Nigeria town: residents

Suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram took over a town in the restive state of Borno in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, residents said.

Muhammadu Buhari

21 Aug 2017

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari vows to step up fight against Boko Haram

Terrorists and criminals must be fought and destroyed relentlessly so that the majority of us can live in peace and safety.

25 Jul 2017

Nigeria's absent President Muhammadu Buhari says 'I'm making good progress'

Nigeria's president has said he is recovering from illness and that he expects to return from treatment in London once doctors give the go-ahead, his office said today.

12 Jul 2017

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo back home after London visit to ailing President

The unannounced and brief trip has fuelled speculation over Buhari's illness, the details of which have not been made public, and whether he will be able to stand in the 2019 elections.

08 May 2017

"Welcome our dear girls", Nigeria''s Buhari tells freed Chibok girls

Although the kidnapping of the Chibok girls caught global attention, Boko Haram, which has pledged loyalty to Islamic State, has kidnapped thousands of adults and children.

Chibok schoolgirls

07 May 2017

82 freed Chibok schoolgirls to meet with Nigerian president

Nigeria's president says he will meet Sunday with 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed this weekend after being kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram.

05 May 2017

Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari seen in public for first time in weeks

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday made his first public appearance in weeks, re- emerging amid mounting concerns about his health.

14 Apr 2017

Nigeria marks third anniversary of schoolgirl kidnap

Nigerians rallied Friday to mark the third anniversary of the mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, as their parents cling to the hope that they can be safely returned.

10 Mar 2017

Nigeria's ailing President Buhari returns home: Witness

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned home on Friday after nearly two months of medical leave in Britain, state television and a Reuters witness said.

Nigerian capital Abuja

09 Feb 2017

More than 700 stage anti-government protest in Nigerian capital

More than 700 people took to the streets in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday to protest against the government`s economic policy in a sign of mounting public anger in the oil producer grappling with recession.

19 Jan 2017

Nigerian Air Force dropped `two bombs` on town: Aid worker

The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the centre of a town where tens of thousands of people were seeking refuge from Boko Haram, according to an aid worker who witnessed the attack.

15 Nov 2016

At least 75,000 children in Nigeria risk dying in months: UN

Fourteen million people in northeast Nigeria urgently need humanitarian assistance and 75,000 children risk dying in "a few months", the United Nations warned Tuesday.

16 Oct 2016

Chibok schoolgirls reunited with families

Most of the kidnapped students were Christian but had been forcibly converted to Islam during captivity.

14 Oct 2016

Nigeria's President Buhari says wife "belongs in the kitchen"

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari`s wife told the BBC in an interview that she might not back her husband in the next election unless he shakes up his government.

22 Jul 2016

Nigeria 'talking to' oil rebels: Buhari

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said the government was in talks with oil rebels whose attacks have hit production, as the head of the state-run energy firm laid bare damage to the sector.

14 May 2016

Nigeria hosts international summit on Boko Haram

Delegations from West African and Central African blocs, plus the European Union have also been invited.

13 May 2016

Boko Haram claims suicide attack in NE Nigeria

It claimed "at least 15 apostates (non-believers)" were killed in the attack, which happened at about 12:00 pm (1100 GMT) at the Borno State Secretariat in the city.

11 May 2016

Nigeria lifts gas subsidy, nearly doubling the price of fuel

Kachikwu said importers have had difficulty sourcing foreign currency because of a huge decline in foreign exchange earnings caused by low oil prices.

10 May 2016

Nigeria, Afghanistan are 'fantastically corrupt': Cameron

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby intervened, however, to defend the Nigerian premier.

08 Mar 2016

South Africa`s Zuma visits Nigeria

South Africa`s President Jacob Zuma begins a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, which observers see as an attempt to mend fences between the continent`s largest economic powers.

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