Nigerian protesters marched to the National Assembly on Monday to voice their anger at legislators approving changes to electoral laws, while omitting a key reform demanded by the opposition.
Nigerian protesters marched to the National Assembly on Monday to voice their anger at legislators approving changes to electoral laws, while omitting a key reform demanded by the opposition.
A woman votes as Lagos State conducts an election for its 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 12, 2025. Photographer: Adekunle Ajay/NurPhoto/Getty Images
Unidentified gunmen killed dozens of people in an attack in central Nigeria, underscoring the worsening security crisis facing Africa’s most-populous nation, despite a recent deepening of military cooperation with the US.
Unidentified gunmen killed dozens of people in an attack in central Nigeria, underscoring the worsening security crisis facing Africa’s most-populous nation, despite a recent deepening of military cooperation with the US.
This photo provided by Kaiama TV shows people gathered around victims killed by armed extremists in the Woro community of western Nigeria on Feb.
Nigeria will charge several officers over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu after the military acknowledged for the first time that 16 soldiers arrested in October were suspected of planning a coup.
Nigeria will charge several officers over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu after the military acknowledged for the first time that 16 soldiers arrested in October were suspected of planning a coup.
Nigerian central bankers were split on whether to cut interest rates or keep them unchanged when they met in November, with Governor Olayemi Cardoso casting the tie-break vote to stay on hold.
Nigerian central bankers were split on whether to cut interest rates or keep them unchanged when they met in November, with Governor Olayemi Cardoso casting the tie-break vote to stay on hold.
The headquarters of the Nigerian central bank in Abuja, Nigeria. Photographer: Etinosa Yvonne/Bloomberg
Nigerian authorities disputed reports of mass abductions of Christians in the northern state of Kaduna, after reports that armed gangs seized hundreds of people from two churches on Sunday.
Nigerian authorities disputed reports of mass abductions of Christians in the northern state of Kaduna, after reports that armed gangs seized hundreds of people from two churches on Sunday.
Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun said the nation can access international bond markets if it needs to, but would prefer to rely more on its own resources.
Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun said the nation can access international bond markets if it needs to, but would prefer to rely more on its own resources.
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate fell in December after the statistics office revised its calculation method to avoid an artificial spike caused by last year’s rebasing.
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate fell in December after the statistics office revised its calculation method to avoid an artificial spike caused by last year’s rebasing.
Shoppers at the Oshodi market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Nigeria's economy grew 2.25% year-on-year in the third quarter amid a drop in the West African country's oil production.
Nigeria’s statistics agency said it will release two inflation readings for December after a methodological change led the rate to more than double.
Stalls selling textiles, consumer goods and electronics line an area of Utako Ultra Modern market in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The government of Nigeria, whose revenue could be slashed by more than half this year due to the oil-price slump, finalized plans for a revised budget that keeps spending almost intact, and that will mean more borrowing.
Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale led investors betting on a little-known Nigerian defense startup that’s expanding drone manufacturing as violent extremism spreads across Africa.
Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale led investors betting on a little-known Nigerian defense startup that’s expanding drone manufacturing as violent extremism spreads across Africa.
Terra Industries founders Nathan Nwachukwu and Maxwell Maduka at their factory in Abuja, Nigeria.
Extremist groups competing for territory across West Africa could turn the region into a fluid insurgency corridor spanning roughly the distance from London to Rome and spark even more violence.
Extremist groups competing for territory across West Africa could turn the region into a fluid insurgency corridor spanning roughly the distance from London to Rome and spark even more violence.
A Nigerian soldier from the Multinational Joint Task Force stands guard in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria.
Nigeria’s economy grew at a slightly faster pace than expected in the third quarter.
Customers queue at an ATM machine in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. There are more than two million mobile agents operating across Nigeria — one for every 100 people — handling most of the country’s daily transactions and starving the formal banking system of cash.
Two dozen students abducted from a school in Nigeria were freed after more than a week in captivity, but hundreds of others seized in separate incidents remain missing as the West African nation reels from a spate of mass kidnappings.
Two dozen students abducted from a school in Nigeria were freed after more than a week in captivity, but hundreds of others seized in separate incidents remain missing as the West African nation reels from a spate of mass kidnappings.
Belongings scattered at a school following abductions in Papiri community, Nigeria, on Nov. 21.
The Central Bank of Nigeria is poised to extend its easing cycle after softer-than-expected inflation brought it closer to the government’s year-end target.
The Central Bank of Nigeria is poised to extend its easing cycle after softer-than-expected inflation brought it closer to the government’s year-end target.
Paystack, the Nigerian fintech unit of Stripe Inc., sacked its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Ezra Olubi after some of his old tweets resurfaced, which the company said are not consistent with its values.
Paystack, the Nigerian fintech unit of Stripe Inc., sacked its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Ezra Olubi after some of his old tweets resurfaced, which the company said are not consistent with its values.
Fifty Nigerian students who were abducted from a Catholic school escaped from their captors over the weekend.
A general view of a classroom at St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Agwarra local government, Niger state, on November 23, 2025. Fifty of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group said in a statement on November 23. "We have received some good news as fifty pupils escaped and have reunited with their parents," said the Christian Association of Nigeria in a statement, adding they escaped between November 21 and 22. Gunmen raided early November 21 St Mary's co-education school in Niger state in western Nigeria, taking 303 children and 12 teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria. (Photo by Ifeanyi Immanuel Bakwenye / AFP via Getty Images)
More than 300 students are confirmed missing after armed men attacked a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
More than 300 students are confirmed missing after armed men attacked a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass abductions in Africa’s most populous nation.
Students are seen at a Koranic school in Igbo-Ora, on October 12, 2024. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP