Nigeria’s government is working to calm fears that the country’s current security challenges are religiously motivated. This follows the ...

  Long crowned by his legion of fans as the king of Afrobeat, the late Fela Kuti is finally being recognised by the global music industry. T...

British heavyweight and two-time champion of the world Anthony Joshua speaks for the first time since the car crash that killed two of hi...

A jihadist attack blamed on Islamic State- aligned militants killed dozens of people in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, including soldiers, ...

Makoko, one of Africa's largest floating settlements on the lagoons of Lagos, has been demolished, leaving thousands of residents wit...