ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's major cities including Abuja, Lagos and Kano suffered blackouts Thursday as the country's electricity grid collapsed in the tenth such outage to hit the power system ...

(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria extended a lockdown in the country’s two main cities, Lagos and Abuja, by at least two weeks. President Muhammadu Buhari renewed restrictions on the movement of people and ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) – Gripping a machete he claimed was stained with blood, a 24-year-old civilian manned a checkpoint in one of Nigeria's most dangerous cities, looking for members of a violent ...

The government of the state of Lagos – Nigeria’s former capital – has proudly proclaimed it is building a new city that will become the new financial center of Nigeria, and perhaps West Africa. The ...

Nigeria's affordable housing push has led to a boom in new homes, but high construction costs and a lack of development tax mean the majority are too big and expensive for those who need them most ...

Nigerian Breweries Plc has delivered a sweeping festive celebration across six major cities, blending music, dazzling lights ...

Lagos (CNN) — It’s a world of endless parties and sleepless nights. A relentless celebration that turns West Africa – and especially Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos – into one of the hottest ...

Dozens of people have been killed in attacks on mosques in northeastern Nigeria, the epicenter of an Islamist insurgency. At least 18 people were killed and 20 injured in a suicide bombing on Friday ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – At least 15 separate explosions punctuated by gunfire echoed Monday across a northeast Nigeria city long under siege by the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, witnesses ...