The Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka of Nigeria has said that his country is experiencing ethnic cleansing with recent killings taking place across the country.
Officials at the White House in Washington have revealed that Monday's talk between Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and US President Donald Trump will focus on fighting terrorism and insecurity and economic growth.
Semi-nomadic herdsmen armed with guns killed 16 people on Tuesday in an attack on a church congregation in a central state of Nigeria plagued by communal violence, police said.
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 21 people in separate attacks in a remote northeastern region of Nigeria, security officials and a witness told AFP on Monday.
Popular Nigerian female author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has disclosed in a speech in Stockholm, Sweden that she suffered sexual assault at the age of 17.
Police in Nigeria have recovered the official staff of authority of the Senate which was stolen on Wednesday from the Senate chamber of the national assembly.
Some hooligans on Wednesday invaded Nigeria’s national assembly in the capital, Abuja, and made away with the official mace, a ceremonial staff that represents the authority of the legislature.
