Video - ‘Super highway’ plans raise environmental concerns in Nigeria

Some Nigerians have been protesting a government plan to build a super highway through a rainforest.

The proposed highway will cut through the Ekuri rainforest in the southern Cross River State.

Residents and environmentalists say the highway will damage the environment and lead to the loss of rare and endangered plants and wildlife.

Video - Falling oil prices hit Nigeria’s construction sector

Nigeria is finding it hard to pay for major construction projects due to the fall in oil prices.

With the West African nation’s economy heavily reliant on oil, many projects needed to stimulate an already struggling economy are now on hold.

Video - Nigerian army rescues missing soldiers, civilians in Borno state

In Nigeria, six of the 19 soldiers who went missing in Borno state last week have been found. The military launched a search for the troops, who disappeared after a raid on Boko Haram base. The army says it's also rescued civilians held hostage by the militants.

Video - Doctors Without Borders warns of large-scale humanitarian disaster in Borno state

Close to eight hundred thousand civilians in Borno state in Northeast Nigeria have been cut off from relief supplies, for over a year now. Children are the worst affected by the lack of relief aid, with large numbers dying and many others being severely malnourished. Charity organization, Doctors Without Borders or MSF, estimates that 15 percent of children there are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition.

Video - Nigerian president commissions Abuja's standard gauge railway

Nigeria's President Muhamamadu Buhari has commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna standard rail gauge constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The Abuja-Kaduna railway is aimed at promoting the modernization of the railway network in Nigeria.