BAGA, Nigeria -- Satellite photographs and witness statements Tuesday strongly challenged denials by Nigeria's government about mass casualties and da...

In June, two weeks after I returned from Nigeria, I got a message that another child had died from lead poisoning -- the 11th in the same family.

Join Social Media Campaign to Save Lives (Abuja) – The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst...

The past two years have been interesting ones for Africa. Africa stands tall in something it hasn't been noted for, and interestingly, therefore, the uniqueness of it has almost slipped under the radar.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner ...

It is not too late for Nigeria's government to make the end of its fuel subsidy the beginning of reform. Citizens will bear the cost of the higher fuel prices.

* No sign of government backing down over fuel subsidy * Tens of thousands protest, industry shut down * Government says...

To be sure, there are few parallels between the 'Arab Spring' protests and what is now transpiring in Nigeria. But one significant similarity is the use of social media to share feelings of outrage and to mobilize people.

Only a couple of days in and 2012 is already proving to be a challenging year for the Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. A swift end to what looks ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's president on Saturday declared a state of emergency in parts of Africa's most populous nation, after a recent slew of...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria will bring terrorism "under control" and confront the radical Muslim sect that claimed responsibility for a car bombing...

ZONKWA, Nigeria — Corpses were loaded onto a truck as women covered their noses to block the smell of decay while fleeing this town in northern ...

KADUNA, Nigeria — The mobs poured into the streets by the thousands in this dusty city separating Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south, ar...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Angry opposition supporters in Nigeria's Muslim north set fire to homes bearing ruling party banners Monday and heavy gunfire r...

KAYAWA, Nigeria — Nigerians voted for president in an election Saturday many hoped would show Africa's most populous nation could hold a credibl...

KATSINA, Nigeria — The body of late President Umaru Yar'Adua is in an unmarked grave in this northern city, buried in the sandy soil along with ...

The economic and social imbalance between the North and the South makes political power sharing in Nigeria a sensitive issue.

Said to have traumatized a state governor so badly he required hospitalization, a Nigerian man's politically-charged Facebook rants have landed him in...

As the Giant of Africa now turns its attention to country-wide presidential elections, the contest is shaping up to be dangerous and destabilizing, pitting a Christian candidate against a Muslim candidate -- a competition Nigerians have always tried to avoid.