Two new artworks are to go on display at a city gallery. The Ferens Art Gallery in Hull has added the contemporary pieces to its permanent collection. Drift Ice by Emma Stibbon, made in 2014 and ...

Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid glowing tribute to Ambassador James Duro Olufemi Sokoya, a veteran career diplomat and former Nigerian envoy, who passed away at the age of 94, describing him as a ...

The short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities ...

The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin is on the run and the fate of hostages remains unclear a day after a group of soldiers attempted to overthrow the government of the West African nation ...

When Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong, who announced his retirement on Thursday, stepped out in Nigeria colours for the first time on June 13, 2015, he started a journey that would make ...

Itinerant writer. Engineer in a previous incarnation. One time Black Belt. Lover of football, flirter with other sports. When Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong, who announced his retirement on ...

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has showered encomiums of Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong, who has retired from international football. Troost-Ekong made the announcement in a social ...

The incident occurred before dawn, around 2 a.m. local time, officials said. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON -- An unknown number of students and staff were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an attack ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gunmen attacked a boarding school in Kebbi state before dawn Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday and abducted 25 schoolgirls, police said. One staffer at the school was killed and another was wounded ...

Nigeria have beaten Gabon 4-1 to advance to the play-off final of African qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. They needed extra time to make it through after Mario Lemina’s late deflected effort ...