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By Alicia PowellNEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - British-Nigerian actor DavidOyelowo makes his feature film directorial debut with "The WaterMan", a family drama about a young boy who...

By Angela UkomaduLAGOS, May 6 (Reuters) - A dozen children crowd aroundplastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. Intentlyfocused on plastic mats printed with chess...

(Adds statement from the president and police)By Garba MuhammadKADUNA, Nigeria May 5 (Reuters) - Kidnappers have releasedthe remaining 29 students they were holding captive...

KADUNA, Nigeria May 5 (Reuters) - Kidnappers have releasedthe remaining 29 students they were holding captive afterabducting them in March from a forestry college in...

MAIDUGURI/ABUJA, May 3 (Reuters) - More than a dozen people,including seven soldiers, were killed by Islamist militants inan attack in northeast Nigeria, four sources told Reuters....

BERLIN, April 30 (Reuters) - Germany aims to start returningBenin Bronzes to Nigeria next year, its foreign and cultureministries said, part of a growing trend to return...

By Libby George and Bosan YakusakKADUNA, Nigeria April 29 (Reuters) - When Linda Peter lastspoke to her daughter, the brief phone call left her relievedthe teenager was alive but...

JAKARTA, April 29 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities haveseized 2.5 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine after a series ofraids linked to an international smuggling ring...

(Adds ministry response in paragraph 7) By Libby George LAGOS, April 28 (Reuters) - When Kehinde Osakede'suniversity closed due to COVID-19 last year, the visual artsstudent...

By Libby GeorgeLAGOS, April 28 (Reuters) - When Kehinde Osakede'suniversity closed due to COVID-19 last year, the visual artsstudent returned home to Lagos. A visit to a family...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, April 27 (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament called onthe presidency, armed forces and police to address the country'smounting security crisis on Tuesday, with...

ABUJA, April 27 (Reuters) - The United States shouldconsider moving its military headquarters overseeing Africa tothe continent, from Germany, to better tackle growing...

KADUNA, Nigeria, April 26 (Reuters) - Nigerian criminalshave killed two more student captives abducted from a northernuniversity last week, said a state official on Monday,...

(Adds Army statement) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 26 (Reuters) - Militants overranan army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30soldiers before pulling back in the face...

ROME, April 26 (Reuters) - Italian police said on Mondaythey had arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to theNigerian Black Axe mafia gang that has been operating in...

MAIDUGURI, April 26 (Reuters) - Militants overrun an armybase in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30 soldiersbefore pulling back in the face of air strikes, sources said....

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese opposition parties won all three by-elections for parliamentary seats in a blow for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who must hold a general election within...