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Popular Nigerian televangelist T.B. Joshua dies at 57

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LAGOS, Nigeria — One of Africa’s most popular televangelists, Temitope Balogun Joshua, known as T.B. Joshua, has died, according to his church. He was...

Nigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter Saturday after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations...

Nigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter Saturday after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations...

Nigeria suspends Twitter over president’s deleted tweet

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa’s most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a...

West African leaders hold emergency Mali summit in Ghana

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ACCRA, Ghana — Leaders of the West African regional bloc gathered in Ghana for an emergency summit on Mali in response to the latest...

West African leaders hold emergency Mali summit in Ghana

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ACCRA, Ghana — Leaders of the West African regional bloc gathered in Ghana for an emergency summit on Mali in response to the latest...

Students abducted by gunmen in north central Nigeria

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LAGOS, Nigeria — A large number of students were abducted Sunday and one person was killed at a school in Nigeria’s north central Niger...

14 abducted from Nigerian university released after 1 month

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Fourteen university students and staff abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria were released Saturday after spending more than a month...

Boat accident on Nigerian river kills 60, more feared dead

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83...

More than 100 missing, feared dead after Nigeria boat sinks

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LAGOS, Nigeria — More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children,...