The Nigerian government has announced plans to support local animation as part of a larger national identity project. At the Unveiling and Rebranding Nigeria Initiative (URNI) launch on Saturday ...

Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind ...

Nigerian MPs cheered in the northern majority Muslim state of Kano as Danish and Norwegian flags were burned in a ceremony in the parliament premises. The flags were torched to show disapproval of the ...

Extra security forces have been deployed in parts of Nigeria after deadly rioting over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad spread to sub-Saharan Africa. Police are reporting 15 people were killed ...