ABUJA, Nigeria ? Nigerians celebrated Muhammadu Buhari's electrifying victory in presidential elections Wednesday but sobering challenges confront their next leader, from an Islamic uprising to widespr...

Hundreds of bodies remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International on Friday suggested is the #8220;deadliest massacre#8221; in the history of Boko Hara...

Hundreds of bodies remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested is the deadliest massacre in the history of Boko Haram. Mike Omeri, the gov...

YOLA, Nigeria ? Hundreds of bodies ? too many to count ? remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the quot;deadliest massacre...

Nigerian forces backed by air strikes were fighting Friday for the town of Baga, seized by Boko Haram last weekend in what Amnesty International suggested is the ?deadliest massacre? in the Islamist mi...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ivorian international Yaya Toure has made history by becoming the first player to win the much-coveted African Footballer of the Year Award for the fourth consecutive time, afte...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Saturday's invasion of its offices in Lagos by security agents, calling it perhaps the worst political scan...

Turnout estimated at above 50 per cent in vote marking first democratic transfer of power in country's modern history.

Tunisians go to the polls on 23 November to choose a new leader in what is hoped to be the first genuinely free presidential election in the country's history. The BBC explains the background to the el...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In a rare convergence of opinion between Nigeria's ever-squabbling government and the opposition, both have agreed to work hard to ensure violence-free general elections next mo...