The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said.

The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), in collaboration with its partner organisations, has expressed profound disappointment over the continued lack of response from the Ministry of Interior to their longstanding appeal for passport printers at the Nigerian Consulates in New York and Atlanta.

The Minster of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to immediately deploy new printers to the passport offices in the Nigerian Counsulates in Atlanta and New York,

Ojo, has approved the immediate deployment of new passport printers to the Nigerian Consulates in Atlanta and New York.This decision follows a petition regarding the need for updated equipment to address passport processing delays,

Nigerians residing in the United States are growing increasingly frustrated with the Nigerian Ministry of Interior, citing ongoing delays and

New York Mayor Eric Adams has flown to Florida to meet President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence. The meeting comes amid the growing threat

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region.

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has been admitted as a “partner country” of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, according to Brazil, the group’s chair. BRICS was formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009, with South Africa added in 2010, as a counterweight to the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations.

By Missang Oyongha On August 29, 1970 the New York Times published a report by its Nigeria correspondent, William Borders. It was about the life in exile of the Biafran secessionist leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year,

Daniel Kigozi, better known to fans by his Hip Hop name, Navio, has been around for 20 years and the last year, according to him has been by far his busiest in music. It was also in the same year that he met his icon Nas.

Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, shines as a charismatic media darling, and was pivotal in his father's political comeback.