The UK Health Security Agency has detected four new cases of monkeypox — three in London and one linked case in Newcastle, northeast England — after registering three cases earlier in May.
A group of gunmen on motorcycles entered the villages of Damri, Sabon Garin and Kalahe in coordinated attacks on Friday afternoon, shooting people as they tried to flee.
Domestic flights in Nigeria have been disrupted since March as some started to cancel internal schedules while others delayed operations, citing scarcity of jet fuel.
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the Nigeria government to create the conditions for millions of displaced people to be able to go back home in safety and dignity.
The football governing body ordered African champions Senegal and Nigeria to play one match behind closed doors after crowd disorder during last month’s 2022 World Cup play-offs.
At least eight people have died and 23 others injured after the three-storey building collapsed in Ebute-Metta area in the capital city of Lagos.
Global prices of sunflower oil and crude oil have also been rising in the wake of Russia-Ukraine conflict that erupted on February 24.
Authorities bury remains of more than 100 victims killed in a weekend explosion of an illegal oil refinery in southern Imo state in three mass graves.
Over 100 people have been "burnt beyond recognition" due to a deadly explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria's Rivers state.
Police are investigating the incident after a suspected "improvised explosive device" detonated in a crowded market in the eastern state of Taraba.
Joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon intensifies ground and air offensive in the volatile African region, targeting militant enclaves there, military official says.
Canoe carrying unspecified numbers of people overturns in River Shagari in northwest Sokoto state, drowning 26 people, officials say.
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