Nigeria: Journalists arrested in court, beaten up

Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2012, 11:55

In a shocking incident, a group of 12 Nigerian journalists covering court proceedings in a case were beaten up by policemen in Lagos.

Car explodes near Nigeria`s capital, wounds 1

Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 16:19

A spokesman for Nigeria`s National Emergency Management Agency issued a statement confirming the blast.

Lagos shows signs of strain amid strike

Last Updated: Friday, January 13, 2012, 16:21

Market stalls and food sellers can only return to the streets at dusk to do business or else risk the wrath of angry demonstrators for breaking the nationwide strike.

Nigerian athletes locked out of stadiums as strike begins

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 16:00

Nigerian athletes have been locked out of the National Stadium and the Teslim Balogun Stadium, both in southwest Nigeria`s Lagos state, in view of the nationwide strike by the labor unions to protest petrol subsidy removal.

Nigeria: Boko Haram attack kills 67

Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 21:49

A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Saturday for the attacks.

Flooding in southwest Nigeria kills 102 people

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 22:50

Nigeria`s emergency agency had warned that rains will be heavier this year than last year.

Helicopter crash in Nigeria kills three

Last Updated: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 15:30

The chopper, travelling from Lagos to Ilorin, crashed on a hilltop over 1,000 feet above sea level.

Jonathan promises Lagos residents good infrastructure

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 15:56

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has promised an improvement of badly dilapidated infrastructure to the residents of Lagos, the country`s commercial nerve centre while campaigning for the April 9 presidential election.

Nigeria offers US images of bomber at Lagos airport: Minister

Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2010, 10:11

Nigeria on Thursday offered to provide US investigators images of the suspected US plane bomber going through security checks at Lagos airport on December 24.