Seventy-six people have died as their boat capsized while they tried to flee dangerously high floodwaters that have inundated swathes of southern Nigeria. The boat, carrying more than 80 people, ...

LAGOS, June 28 (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of monkeypox in Nigeria could reach their highest level in five years if the current trend of infections is maintained, the head of the country's centre for ...

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Health officials praised the Nigerian authorities for their transparency in reporting the spread of the virus.

(Bloomberg) -- Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, handing him the reins of Africa’s biggest economy as it confronts a deepening fiscal crisis, acute shortages of ...

Nigeria is hoping to win an increase of its Opec+ crude production target to 2mn b/d from 2027 in upcoming talks over updated country capacities, the chief executive of state-owned NNPC, Bashir ...

Nigeria’s current account surplus increased sharply to $7.54bn in the second quarter of 2026, rising 67.9 per cent from $4.49bn in the first quarter, as stronger export earnings and increased ...

No one has yet claimed responsibility for these abductions, which are becoming more commonplace. Around a dozen priests have been kidnapped this year across the country by gunmen who demand ransom ...

Nigeria’s current account surplus rose by 67.9 per cent to $7.54 billion in the second quarter of 2026, from $4.49 billion in the preceding quarter, driven by stronger export receipts and increased ...