YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, has seized more towns along Nigeria’s northeastern border with Cameroon and is adopting a strategy of encouraging civilians to stay, ...

Boko Haram on Tuesday attempted to blow up a bridge on the Nigerian border with Cameroon after overrunning two towns and sending residents and soldiers fleeing, police and locals said. A Cameroon ...

In major cities of Nigeria, especially Lagos, the country’s commercial nerve centre, governments are making deliberate ...

Nigeria can use its town planning practice and guidelines as catalysts for the achievement of sustainable development and prosperity. Chairman, Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr. Niyi Yusuf, ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Security officials and a witness say fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant have seized Gwoza town, overwhelming soldiers based in the northeast area before attacking ...

Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into Islamist hands in the crisis-hit region and an indication of the group's increasing territorial ambitions. The ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid efforts to find more ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 151 people have now been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria, the local emergency services told The ...

YOLA, Nigeria - Hearing his neighbors' screams around midnight, a businessman in northeast Nigeria ripped off his pajamas and jumped out a window, hoping his dark skin would not be visible to the ...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Thursday stormed two towns in northeast Nigeria, raiding banks and burning government buildings as well as political party offices, residents told AFP. Scores of gunmen ...