ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's president directly on Saturday, a U.S. official said.Full story
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has freed a number of women and children held hostage by Islamist sect Boko Haram, the army said on Saturday, after its offensive in the northeast of the country overran three of the insurgents' camps. Full story
Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him. Full story
Workers at an airport in Nigeria have begun work to dismantle what has become known in Lagos as "the graveyard," an overgrown field filled with about a dozen cargo and passenger airplanes that have been abandoned. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.
An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Nigeria killed a young boy and injured several others. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports.
Firefighters battled to contain a pipeline blaze after suspected vandalism in Nigeria. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Crude oil from a leaking ExxonMobil pipeline in southern Nigeria has begun to creep into neighboring rivers, causing economic and environmental damage. NBCNews.com's Al Stirrett reports.
Around 100 people were killed in Nigeria while trying to take oil from a crashed tanker. Msnbc.com's Richard Lui reports.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete attends the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Union , during the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Government in capital Addis Ababa May 25, 2013.
Pallbearers lift the coffin of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe into a hearse at his funeral in his hometown of Ogidi, southeast Nigeria May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY MEDIA)
Christy, wife of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, looks on outside the family house at his funeral in his hometown of Ogidi, southeast Nigeria May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY MEDIA)
A woman signs the condolence register at the funeral of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his hometown of Ogidi, southeast Nigeria May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY MEDIA)
