Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved security.

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children.

At least 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police have reported.

In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.

President Bola Tinubu has dropped a direct bombshell on former President Olusegun Obasanjo as he revealed how the ex-president underdeveloped Nigeria.

In 2022, a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The Associated Press, a shocking development at a program that aimed to offer hope to the needy. One witness said the dead included a pregnant woman and many children.

Three United Methodists were killed Dec. 15 when a church in Nigeria was attacked allegedly by supporters of the Global Methodist Church.

Fecurring oil spills from the Ogboinbiri/Tebidaba pipeline have been threatening farmlands, and have contaminated swamps, streams, and farmlands, crippling fishing and farming - the community’s primary sources of livelihood.

My childhood memories was the annual visit with my family members to my hometown in Anioma part of the then Bendel State during Yuletide.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Icelandic saint, Bartolom de las Casas meets with the king of Spain, and a wave of Christmas bombings in Nigeria

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32

Ten people, including four children, were killed in a stampede in Nigeria’s capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed by a local church at an annual Christmas event,