Nigeria has apologized to Burkina Faso over an emergency landing last week by its military aircraft that violated the Burkinabe airspace, Radio Télévision du Burkina reported.

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked parliament to approve a 43.56 trillion naira ($29.96 billion) spending plan that repeals and re-enacts the 2024 budget to run through December 2025, aiming to end overlapping fiscal cycles from recent years and tighten controls on public finances.

The kidnapping at St Mary’s in Niger state was the third such incident in a single week: three days earlier two people were killed and 38 abducted in an attack on a church in neighbouring Kwara state.

Nigeria’s Federal Government has imposed an immediate nationwide ban on the export of wood and allied products, revoking all previously issued licences and permits.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria's oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a high stakes clash between one agency and Africa's richest man,

The European Union pledges to enhance its defence engagement with Nigeria, deepening EU-Nigeria security cooperation to address the country's complex chall

Nigeria have always boasted some of Africa's biggest talents, and their AFCON successes in the past have always been driven by big performances from these big names.

Armed men have kidnapped at least 13 people from a church in Nigeria's central Kogi state - the second such attack in as many weeks. The attackers stormed into Evangelical Church Winning All in the mainly rural farming district of Aaaaz-Kiri during Sunday morning service, opening fire then abducting some of the congregants.