The number of people killed in violence committed by jihadist groups and criminal gangs ...

The IPOB, campaigning for the secession of the southeast that is predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group ... in August 2021 across the five states of Nigeria's southeast, using it ...

Tinubu’s 2027 re-election gains strong backing from 22 governors, key regional groups, prominent politicians, and parties ...

Nigeria, often described as the “Giant of Africa”, is a country rich in cultural diversity and natural resources. However, since gaining political independence from British colonial rule in ...

In Nigerian politics, there has long been an informal understanding: presidential appointments should carefully balance the ...

Leading ethnic youth organisations across Nigeria have launched a united front to resist what they described as a politically motivated attempt to tarnish the image of the immediate-past Group ...

Stakeholders in Nigeria's health sector have confirmed a 58 per cent decline in maternal mortality rates across 32 health facilities in Lagos and Kaduna States, achieved through implementing ...

has been campaigning for the secession of southeastern Nigeria, where the majority of people belong to the Igbo ethnic group. Following the late 1960s civil war that engulfed the Biafra region ...

Jihadist insurgents have overrun security positions in north-east Nigeria a dozen times in the past few months.

The Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970, which was mainly fuelled by ethnic tensions and the desire of the Igbo to secede, resulted in significant loss of lives and fostered lingering enmity among groups.

“Without their swift intervention, we could have witnessed an avoidable ethnic crisis,” he ... vigilante and local hunter groups operating across Nigeria. The proposed law would provide ...