World Feb 24 Nigeria is set to elect a new leader, but a cash shortage could make oversight tougher Voters in Nigeria are electing a new leader Saturday, with 18 candidates vying to lead a country facing a series of struggles — the newest and most pressing being a shortage of cash.
World Feb 22 Young voters in Nigeria mobilize in record numbers ahead of presidential election Officials say there's been a surge in voter registration rates across Nigeria far above what was expected.
World Dec 08 As catastrophic floods hit Nigeria, families left to flee This year, heavy rains inundated Nigeria and neighboring countries, causing flooding the region hasn't seen in at least a decade. Hundreds have died.
World Nov 15 Global population to hit 8 billion mark Tuesday, U.N. says The upward trend threatens to leave even more people in developing countries further behind, as governments struggle to provide enough classrooms and jobs for a rapidly growing number of youth and food insecurity becomes an even more urgent problem.
World Oct 22 Floods in West and Central Africa destroy crops, worsening hunger outlook Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a new U.N. World Food Program situation report.
World Jul 06 Nearly 900 inmates escape Nigerian prison following attack by Islamic extremist rebels A Nigerian official says that nearly 900 inmates escaped in a jailbreak in Abuja, the capital.
World Jun 06 Shots fired from both inside and outside of Nigerian church during mass killing The gunmen who attacked a church during Sunday Mass in southwestern Nigeria opened fire inside and outside, killing at least 50 people.
World Jun 05 Gunmen kill at least 50 in Nigeria church attack, officials say Legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said the attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday.
World Jun 01 As resources go to fight European and American monkeypox outbreaks, some see inequity in African response As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere scramble to roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors are acknowledging an ugly reality: The resources needed to prevent the disease have long been…
World May 10 For widows in Africa, COVID-19 stole husbands, homes, future In many African countries, the pandemic has created larger populations of widows as men are more likely to die of COVID-19. Widowhood has long befallen great numbers of women there.