Nigeria
Huge challenges await Nigeria's new military chiefs
Often described as overstretched and underfunded, Nigeria's military is fighting jihadists in the northeast and armed gangs in the northwest as well as dealing...
The government of Africa's most populous country has ordered telecom operators to block the SIM cards of anyone who fails to register for a National Identity Number (NIN) by February 9.
Africa has so far recorded around 3.3 million cases of COVID-19 and nearly 82,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The statement did not specify which type of vaccine would be used for the 10 million doses.
Before the pandemic, nearly half of Nigeria's 200 million people were living on less than $1.90 a day, rivalling India for the world's highest number of poor.
As a freelance reporter with a burning desire to uncover the truth about a sordid backstreet trade, Tobore Ovuorie dressed as streetwalker to infiltrate a prostitution ring.
This year, the all-night celebrations have been widely canceled because of COVID-19 - and many worshippers, desperate to turn the page on 2020, say they feel a void.
There has been a sharp increase in attacks in northeast Nigeria since the start of the month.
The new variant was uncovered last week by scientists at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) in southeastern Nigeria.
The country's Centre for Disease Control said there has been a rapid increase in the number of new cases over the last two weeks, with 78,790 total infections registered as of Monday and 1,227 deaths.
The 344 boys are currently being moved to a hospital for medical examination and further debriefing before they will be allowed to reunite with their parents.
The unilateral move was criticised for violating commercial and freedom of movement treaties signed under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina told President Buhari that discussions are ongoing on Tuesday while security agencies have located the position of the children.
At least 333 pupils are still missing since the attack late on Friday on the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in northwestern Katsina state.
The UN secretary-general on Monday issued a statement calling for the 'immediate and unconditional' release of the students who were taking from the boarding school on Friday night.
More than 300 pupils are still missing on Monday morning after gunmen attacked the secondary school in Kankara, a town in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state.
UN children's agency UNICEF condemned the assault on the school in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Seventy-six people died, according to the authorities. Many were impoverished farm workers who were tied up before their throats were slit.
The operation was carried out at the so-called "baby factory" in the Mowe area of the southwestern Ogun state on Tuesday.