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What To Know About Nigeria's Election

By Astha Rajvanshi

Why Nigeria's Election Is Its Most Important Yet

By Damon Wilson

What's at Stake in the Nigerian Elections

By Ian Bremmer

DJ Switch on Her Fight for Justice in Nigeria

By Suyin Haynes
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Women Are at the Forefront of Nigeria’s Police Brutality Protests

Before Tuesday, the mood among #endSARS protesters in Lagos was optimistic. For more than two weeks, protesters across Nigeria have taken to the streets calling for an end to police brutality and the dissolution of...

By Suyin Haynes

What to Know About Shooting of Protesters in Nigeria

An on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty International has confirmed that the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters on Oct. 20 at two locations in Lagos. The rights group says the killings took...

By Suyin Haynes

A Protester in Nigeria Speaks Out on Police Brutality

I had never been brutalized by the Nigerian police before last Sunday. A new wave of demonstrations began in early October, with protesters speaking out against the brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a...

By Gimba Kakanda

Suicide Bombers in Nigeria Kill 11 People: Report

Three suicide bombers killed eight people in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri

By Paul Wallace / Bloomberg

What Africa's Richest Man Thinks Would Make Africa Rich

Aliko Dangote on his plans to bring jobs to the continent—and buy the Arsenal soccer team

By Aryn Baker/Lagos

Boko Haram Executes Second Kidnapped Aid Worker in Nigeria

Hauwa Mohammed Liman, 24, was kidnapped by Boko Haram in March

By Eli Meixler

#BringBackOurGirls Crusader Shakes up Nigeria’s Presidential Race

In 2014, Obiageli Ezekwesili captured the world’s attention with #BringBackOurGirls, a campaign to rescue 276 schoolgirls who had been kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, by the militant group Boko Haram. In announcing a presidential bid on...

By Ciara Nugent

Land Conflict Has Long Been a Problem in Nigeria. Here’s How Climate Change Is Making It Worse

Bloody clashes between farmers and nomadic herders in Nigeria’s central Plateau State in late June claimed at least 86 lives, as each group vied for the region’s increasingly scarce farmland. Competition for farmland has long...

By Ciara Nugent

Nigerian Students 'Tied to Crosses and Flogged' for Being Late

Three suspects were taken into custody

By Casey Quackenbush

Fighting Between Militia and Bandits Kill 45 in Nigeria

It's the latest in a series of attacks in the country's rural areas

By Casey Quackenbush

How Nigeria Is Winning the War to Eradicate Polio

"We’re in a hurry to make sure no child is paralyzed"

By Jeffrey Kluger / Abuja

An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It's Been Reversed

After spending 15 months in captivity in a run-down brothel in the Italian city of Torino, Wealth finally saw her chance to escape. The 23-year-old Nigerian had scraped together nearly 50 euros in tips from...

By Aryn Baker

Boko Haram Has Kidnapped Dozens of Schoolgirls, Again. Here's What to Know

Four years after the abduction of hundreds of Chibok students inspired the 'Bring Back Our Girls' campaign

By Tara John

Nigeria Confirms 110 School Girls Are Missing

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called the kidnapping a "national disaster"

By Laignee Barron

Watch the Nigerian Bobsled Team's Journey to the Winter Olympics

Seun Adigun launched a GoFundMe page in 2016 to help finance an outlandish Olympic pursuit: Start a women’s bobsled team in Nigeria, a country with a sub-Saharan climate, and become the first team from Africa...

By Sean Gregory and Julia Lull

Chibok Schoolgirl Kidnapped By Boko Haram Has Been Found

More than 100 of the schoolgirls remain captive

By Casey Quackenbush
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