Nigeria has relinquished its long-held position as Africa’s largest importer of refined petroleum products following the ramp-up of operations at the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, a new report ...

Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one third jump from this year due to economic hardship, a joint report by ...

Nigeria is Africa's largest economy thanks to oil revenues and continues to gross at 6 to 8 percent per year, according to the CIA. Despite Nigeria's riches, the wealth disparity in the country is ...

Trump imposed a 14% tariff on imports from Nigeria, Africa's largest oil exporter, as part of widespread trade measures introduced last month, later paused for 90 days.

West Africa – especially Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos – becomes the world’s hottest winter party destination in “Detty December,” the festive period between December and early January.

In Nigeria and across West Africa, passengers often travel on the back of large trucks or even on their roofs, with little to no safety measures. Some 50 cattle were also burned alive in the crash ...

Between October and December 2024, 25.1 million Nigerians were estimated to be acutely food insecure by the UN World Food Programme, a figure predicted to rise to 33 million in 2025.

Many African women have far more children than women on other continents do: Women in Nigeria have an average of over five children, while American and European women have about 1.5, and Chinese ...

Of those, 55 million are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 35 million more in Nigeria. Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya also have significant Catholic populations, the Vatican said ...

My good people, we are finally in the midst of Detty December! For this month’s column, I’ve compiled a list of concerts, festivals, and fetes across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa ...

Africa Nigeria considers new regulations on dangerous skin whitening products February 10, 20255:15 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Emmanuel Akinwotu ...