Those who died had rushed in to take the fuel, as prices has skyrocketed
Couple seek to boost sporting event for wounded military veterans
Inspections were carried out by police in Marsa, Ħamrun and St Julians
Tensions have for years roiled a province that lies between the Muslim-majority north and mainly Christian south
A village was struck accidentally as residents were celebrating a Muslim festival
Stanley came to Malta as a child with his family and is now stuck in a legal limbo
He wants to build a city devoted to tech
Result one of the biggest upsets in the history of competition
Bola Tinubu, 70, is declared winner
The 61-year-old attracted younger voters with a campaign message of change
Around 400,000 police and troops have been deployed around the country
He was harassed throughout much of his life by the military authorities in Nigeria
Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St Francis Catholic Church in...
Victim was 'treated like a terrorist' when false passport discovered
Nigeria cruised into the Africa Cup of Nations knockout phase with a game to spare on Saturday after sweeping Sudan aside 3-1 to make it two wins from two in Group D. Samuel Chukwueze struck in the third minute in Garoua and Taiwo Awoniyi doubled the...
From the ringside, Niger’s ex-heavyweight boxing champion Abdoul Aziz Ousseini, aka “Aziz”, gives guidance to his young trainees at the boxing club in the capital Niamey. Some 10 youths drawn from the city streets pull on their gloves and warm up.
Nigerian gunmen have freed dozens of schoolchildren kidnapped this month in northwest Zamfara State, according to the local government, after an army crackdown helped end the one of a series of mass abductions of pupils this year. Nigerian troops also...
Mosta have agreed the terms to sign Nigerian forward Johnson Nsumoh, the Times of Malta can confirm. The 20-year-old forward has agreed terms with the Premier League outfit and has put pen to paper on a four-year contract. The signing of Nsumoh may...
The new album will be released on Friday
All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday. "I am happy to announce that the girls are free," Dr. Bello...
Lawyer raises concerns of racial discrimination, unfair hearing
This is the third school attack in less than three months
Former Nigerian minister is also the first African to lead the organisation
More than 40,000 people in Nigeria seeking legal claims against Anglo-Dutch firm
Ovuorie dressed as a streetwalker to infiltrate a prostitution ring.
Security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters on Tuesday
A short history of the African powerhouse since its independence
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. "Thanks to the relentless efforts by governments, donors, frontline...
Michael Ojo, a Nigerian basketball player who previously played for Red Star Belgrade, died at the age of 27 during a training session in the Serbian capital on Friday, the club said. “We are deeply saddened by the news”, Red Star’s spokesperson Igor...
Authorities in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state have offered two cows for each gun surrendered to halt bloody attacks by criminal gangs, including cattle rustlers. Remote communities across the region have for years been hit hard by deadly raids...
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