Thousands of Nigerian troops have launched a military offensive against Islamist strongholds in the northeast. The push follows mounting violence against government and other targets by Boko Haram militants who want an Islamic state.  Presid...

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has visited the scene of last week's carnage in which insurgents killed over 180 people. A coordinated series of bomb blasts and shooting sprees, mostly targeting police stations, shattered the country's ...

More than 160 people have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the northern Nigerian town of Kano.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has performed a major U-turn by announcing that petrol prices will be reduced after five days of mass protests. The removal of fuel subsidies on January 1 effectively doubled the price of petrol at the pump...

From the video: Mosaic News - 01/09/12

Gunmen have stormed a church service in Nigeria, killing six people and wounding 10, the church's pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous nation. "It was around 7:30 pm,...

On 1 January 2012, Nigeria's federal government removed the fuel subsidy, an unpopular move confirmed in a statement by the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). The effect was immediate, price tags on petrol at filling stations n...

An explosion struck the UN headquarters in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, after a car loaded with explosives rammed into the compound. Douglas Herbert, France 24 International Affairs Editor, reports on the Islamic militant group Boko Haram...