Nigerian president muhammadu buhari
Nigeria eases visa rules for Africans
The goal is to become the world's largest free trade zone by cutting trade tariffs and barriers for 1.2 billion people.
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Amnesty urges Nigeria to stop torture by security forces
In a statement marking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty said it continued to receive regular reports of torture and other human rights abuses in military and police custody.
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5 years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing
On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.
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Nigerian election's early tally puts Buhari ahead; opposition rejects it
Saturday’s election, which US observers said had lost some credibility after being abruptly delayed by a week by officials citing organisational glitches, was expected to be Nigeria’s tightest since the end of military rule two decades ago.
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Nigerian candidate's US visit was temporary reprieve from graft ban
For Atiku’s supporters, the fact he was able to visit Washington on 17 and 18 January without being arrested was proof that the allegations were baseless.
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'Bandits' kill 26 in Zamfara state, NW Nigeria - police
The attacks happened late Monday in six neighbouring villages - Wonaka, Ajja, Mada, Ruwan Baure, Doka, Takoka, and Tudun Maijatau - in the state's Mada area.
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Nigeria's top female presidential hopeful quits race
Polls to elect a new president and parliament take place on 16 February, while governorship and state assembly elections take place two weeks later.
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Corruption takes centre stage in Nigerian election campaign
Muhammadu Buhari, an austere and pious former general, will take on wealthy former vice-president Atiku Abubakar at the polls on 16 February.
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Curfew declared in Nigerian city after deadly sectarian violence
Kaduna state is where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south, and has seen previous bouts of sectarian violence.
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Nigeria's president Buhari says he will travel to Britain to see doctor
He spent five months in Britain last year for treatment for an unspecified illness, an absence that prompted many to question his fitness to run a country that is Africa’s top oil producer and one of its biggest economies.
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Nigerian lawmakers invite Buhari to discuss communal killings
The motion in the lower house called for the president to appear to discuss the situation in Benue, where the highest-profile killings have taken place.
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Violence in Nigeria's swing states could cost Buhari votes
The 75-year-old former military ruler declared this week that he would seek another term, ending months of speculation about his future after bouts of ill health.
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Nigeria's Buhari wants to run again in 2019 elections – presidency
The 75-year-old spent much of last year in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment, triggering accusations by opposition groups and other critics that he was unfit for office.
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Nigeria keen to ensure Africa trade bloc good for itself – president
The $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people, was accepted by 44 countries on Wednesday, but Nigeria and South Africa did not sign up, diminishing its impact.
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Nigeria's Buhari to visit Yobe state where 110 schoolgirls abducted - tweet
The presidency said Buhari would visit areas affected by criminality in the last few weeks to meet and console communities affected from 5 March. It said he would visit Yobe, Taraba, Benue and Rivers States.
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Nigeria's ruling party endorses Buhari for second term
Muhammadu Buhari has not yet said whether he intends to seek re-election. The 75-year-old leader spent five months on medical leave in Britain last year.
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Nigeria convicts 205 Boko Haram suspects in mass trials
More than 20,000 people have been killed and two million forced to flee their homes since the insurgency began.
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Buhari: Govt aims to create grazing locations for cattle rearers
Clashes between semi-nomadic herders, mostly of the Fulani ethnic group, and settled farmers in central states have killed around 100 people in recent weeks.
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Nigerian army to deploy troops in areas marked by land clashes
Clashes between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers over fertile land have killed dozens of people in the last few weeks.
