The World Food Programme says a spike in attacks by militants across northern Nigeria is expected to result in Africa's worst levels of severe hunger next year

Africa’s most populous nation was already facing one of the world’s biggest hunger crises. It’s getting much worse.

Nicki Minaj responded to the mass kidnapping of 303 children and 12 teachers from St. Mary's School in Nigeria with prayer for hostages' safe return.

Fifty out of the more than 300 students who were abducted from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday have been returned to their families after they managed to escape, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday.

Fredrick, 20, missed club side Dender's Belgian Pro League victory over Royal Antwerp on Sunday due to the injury.

President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to Nigeria over violence against Christians, as War Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian officials.

American forces most likely would have to be drawn from other parts of the world for any military intervention in Nigeria.

Nigeria's central bank left its main interest rate unchanged on Tuesday, saying it wanted inflation to fall further, but it lowered a deposit rate in a sign of confidence in the economic outlook. The decision came as a surprise as economists polled by Reuters had predicted a 1-percentage-point cut to the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR),