Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari apologizes to his compatriots for recent oil shortages and power cuts. FRANCE 24 correspondent in Lagos Sam Olukoya tells us more.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari apologizes to his compatriots for some recent economic troubles related to fuel shortages and power grid outages.

Following Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine poses a serious threat to the agricultural sector and the food supply of millions of people in Nigeria, especially in Lake Chad, which has been affected by the Boko Haram uprising for more than a decade. .…

In tonight's edition: About 600 Nigerian students return home after being evacuated from Romania and Poland. They had studied in Ukraine until the Russian invasion. Many recount the difficulties they faced in leaving the country due to discrimination at the…

This evening, 90 schoolchildren are released after 3 months of captivity in Nigeria; our correspondent in Lagos has the latest news. We take you to Goma where the community is still reeling from a devastating volcanic eruption 3 months ago, and the Nairobi neighborhood is turning green.…

Dozens of young children held captive by gunmen for three months in northern Nigeria awaited reunions with their family members on Friday after being liberated and taken to the state capital. Girls as young as five draped in long hijab and boys dressed in new dresses got off a white minibus and passed photographers in Minna, the capital of Niger. Their arrival came hours after the news of their release came from the school principal. The children were served meals and greeted by Niger Governor…

Nigerian gunmen released the remaining students of more than 100 students kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in northwest Niger state nearly three months ago, the school principal said on Thursday. Heavily armed…

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants overnight attacked a military post in southeastern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine others, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. About 50 of the Islamist militants were…

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was Nigeria's first feminist figure in the first half of the 20th century. As a political leader, she stood up against the injustices against women in her region before working for her country's independence. Married to a teacher and Anglican pastor, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti freed himself from the conventions of the time. She becomes a public figure while raising her four children,…

Nigeria's Katsina state governor tells residents to arm themselves against potential attackers, we're looking at Mali a year after a coup toppled President Keita, and Tunisia is calling on heavy guns to put its COVID vaccination campaign on the right track. .