Nigeria
Nigeria's confirmed coronavirus cases pass 30,000 -NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in its daily update posted on its website, said there were 460 new cases taking the total number of recorded cases to 30...
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China says five sailors kidnapped off Nigeria
Maritime security experts Dryad Global earlier said that the Singapore-owned Kota Budi cargo vessel was boarded by heavily armed men in the waters of Nigeria's neighbour Benin.
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Nigeria eases school, travel bans as virus cases mount
The latest moves come as Africa's most populous nation continues to register a steady rise in new cases, with 24,567 infections and 565 deaths recorded so far.
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Nigeria eases school, travel bans as virus cases mount
The latest moves come as Africa's most populous nation continues to register a steady rise in new cases, with 24,567 infections and 565 deaths recorded so far.
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Nigeria's COVID-19 outbreak could impoverish 5 million people - World Bank
The twin shock of the pandemic and a global oil price crash has pummelled Nigeria, which has Africa’s largest economy mainly because it is the continent’s top crude producer.
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Nigeria's president rebukes security chiefs over worsening violence
The comments attributed to Muhammadu Buhari are some of his sharpest criticisms of his security chiefs as the conflict in the north has steadily worsened through most of his five years as president.
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Nigerians face tough job market amid coronavirus outbreak
A government report on the impact of the outbreak said some 39.4 million people - about a third of Nigeria’s workforce - may be unemployed by the end of this year.
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Nigeria's Lagos state suspends plans to reopen places of worship
Christianity and Islam are widely practised in Lagos and the rest of Nigeria. Places of worship were due to open from June 19.
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African medics struggle in virus 'war zone'
Rising infections, shortages of protective equipment and growing strains are some of the issues faced by health workers in Africa as they battle the coronavirus.
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Nigeria reports surge in rapes during virus lockdown
The attacks have sparked an outcry online and street protests that forced officials to pledge renewed efforts to tackle widespread sexual violence in the country.
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Nigerian doctors strike, but virus facilities exempt
The organisation had threatened the strike over a raft of issues, including the 'grossly inadequate' provision of protective equipment and calls for hazard pay for those working on the virus.
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Nigeria jihadist attack toll rises to 81
Residents said that men, women, and children had been mown down by the insurgents as they watched over their cattle at a watering hole outside the village.
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At least half of mystery deaths in Nigeria's Kano due to COVID-19 - minister
The Kano state government had said the deaths were caused by complications from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria and not the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nigeria's Nollywood gets creative to cope with virus crisis
Inspired by his wife's teleconferencing calls from their isolation in Britain, he wrote and put together a short feature about a couple separated between London and Lagos.
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Nigeria's Buhari backs Africa bank head despite US demands
Bank president Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian minister for agriculture, is battling to secure a second term at the helm of the multilateral lender in the face of opposition from Washington.
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Nigerians mass online to demand '#justice' for abuses
The latest outpouring of anger has been unleashed by the cases of three women and girls who were killed or raped in incidents activists say showcase the sexual violence and police brutality widespread in Nigeria.
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Nigeria easing virus restrictions on churches, mosques
The authorities however warned that Africa's most populous nation has "not reached the peak" of infections after recording 10,162 confirmed cases and 287 deaths from the virus.
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Cameras roll again in Nollywood but Nigeria's cinemas still dark
Cameras stopped rolling weeks ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide, including 200 in the West African country.
