Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence.

The man who ravaged the economies of Kenya and Zimbabwe is wanted by the US and the UK for fraud and money-laundering.

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A report by the office of Nigeria’s Auditor-General had earlier indicted NNPC for alleged misappropriation of funds and ...

April 14 was the anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls from school; 90 are still missing. Today is another ...

Nigeria has borne the brunt of Africa's most complex security crises--from insurgency in the North-East to transnational banditry across the Sahel. What is rarely spoken about, however, is the ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger's withdrawal from ECOWAS and the formation of the AES alliance threaten a West African trade ...

ShareFELIX NWANERI reports on the worrisome dimension the recent killings by armed herders has assumed and the danger it ...

The anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls from school was on 14 April; 90 are still missing. Today is another ...

CHAIRMAN Christian Chukwu was an institution when the word had a delightful meaning. His towering presence in Nigerian ...

As the country marks two years of war this week, the question that looms large is whether hope for a democratic future still ...