The National Assembly has been told to divide Nigeria into 12 regions and given a major reason why that should be done in the ongoing constitutional review.

It’s what Nigeria had in the early 1960s when the regions were strong and productive before Britain and its post-independence collaborators centralised power in Lagos and later Abuja.

Over the last decade, there have been campaigns for the secession of Nigeria’s southeast region to create another country ...

Nigeria is advising its sub-regions to limit public gatherings, close bars and night clubs over the next five weeks amid a spike in new Covid-19 cases. With the number of confirmed cases rising within ...

Now a potential restart of oil production Ogoniland region in southern Nigeria, where Shell halted its operations in 1993 following violent protests over allegations of widespread environmental ...

Gunmen killed 23 people in four separate attacks in central Nigeria’s Benue state, a Red Cross official said yesterday, the latest flare-up of unrest in the region. The attacks happened Saturday ...

At least 100 people, including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and five security personnel, were reportedly killed, while ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed men killed at least 13 farmers during an attack in north-central Nigeria, a local official said Thursday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the killings ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government is in talks with local communities to restart oil production in a region that’s previously suffered environmental damage after oil giant Shell&#8… ...