Nigeria

The rebels attacked the women as they gathered firewood in the Jere district of Borno, which is the epicenter of a 14-year-long insurgency launched by the extremist group known as Boko Haram

Australia and Nigeria finished as the top two teams in Group B with their results at the Women’s World Cup on Monday.

Police say a boat carrying residents returning from a wedding has capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children. Dozens remain missing.

The assailants opened fire on the convoy along a major road in Anambra State, one of the epicenters of separatist violence in the region, according to the police.

A Nigerian chef on Monday set a new global record for the longest hours of nonstop cooking after surpassing the current record of 87 hours and 45 minutes.

Nigeria holds presidential and parliamentary elections amid concerns of bank note shortage and potential violence.

The repatriation is part of a worldwide movement by cultural institutions to return artifacts that were often looted during the colonial era.

Sacks of the donkey male genitals were seized at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, Sambo Dangaladima, the Nigeria Customs Service area commander, told reporters.

Lawmakers in southwestern Nigeria say more than 50 people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives at a church.

Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria Sunday, killing more than 50 people, including many children.

Nigerian lawmakers have passed legislation to bar the payment of kidnap ransoms at a time when the West African nation is struggling to stem the rise of armed violence and kidnaps for ransom in its troubled northwest and central regions.

A Nigerian oil official says as many as 100 people may have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southeastern Nigeria