The success of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme which aims to provide free education to every child in Nigeria caused the number of...

Police and government officials in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have reported an upsurge in incidents of child rape and said that young girls are...

A new ultra-modern US $58 million water treatment plant outside Kano, officially Nigeria’s most populous city, came on line in December but experts...

Police and government officials in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have reported an upsurge in incidents of child rape and said that young girls are...

A new ultra-modern US $58 million water treatment plant outside Kano, Nigeria’s most populous city, came on line in December but experts say that...

Local human rights groups in Nigeria have disputed claims by Amnesty International that seven prisoners executed for armed robbery and murder did...

At least three people have been killed and nine seriously injured in a clash between farmers and nomads over grazing land in Borno state, northern...

A measles outbreak has killed at least 200 children in Nigeria in recent weeks according to health workers and the International Federation of the...

At least six people have been killed and 30 critically injured since clashes between Muslim and Christian communities in the north-central Nigerian...

Families affected by controversial drug tests in Kano, northern Nigeria, say the state government’s decision to quit settlement talks with the US...