Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, has warned that Nigeria risks deeper insecurity and national fragility unless it confronts ...

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former minister of defence, has expressed deep concern over what he describes as Nigeria’s ...

In an earlier article titled, "State Creation, Political Frivolities and the Anioma Question", I debunked Senator Ned Nwoko's assertion that the people of Delta North Senatorial District are Igbo. I ...

Nigeria has 400 ethnic groups and 450 languages, many people are grouped under three broad groups, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba, even though they aren't from those ethnic groups. In 1993, General Sani ...

There are criminal gangs in the north-west, an Islamist insurgency in the north-east, clashes over land in central regions ...

The violence left 55,910 people dead in 9,970 deadly attacks — as well as 21,621 people abducted in 2,705 attacks. A Christian woman stands next to a clothesline Feb. 2, while taking refuge in an ...

Grace Williams was at home when she heard the gunshots and loud, frantic screams: “They are coming!” Men, armed with cutlasses, cudgels and guns, were alighting from boats at the beachfront area near ...

(Reuters) - Following is a timeline of major religious and ethnic violence in Nigeria, a country divided into at least 200 ethnic groups and about evenly split between Muslims and Christians: 2000 - ...

(Reuters) - Security forces in northern Nigeria on Thursday battled the remnants of an Islamic sect following days of unrest which have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands. Following ...