Nigeria secured the release of 100 abducted schoolchildren from Niger state after month-long ordeal, amid ongoing persecution ...

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported.

The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November. The fate of ...

Hundreds of parents in Nigeria are pleading for the rescue of their children abducted from a Catholic school last week ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has assured parents of ongoing efforts to ensure safe rescue of abducted pupils and students of St. Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, Agwara local government area of Niger ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned that it may join the ongoing nationwide protests by local contractors and pensioners if the Federal Government failed to address their long-standing ...

Ecobank Nigeria is trying to fend off concerns that it will default on a $150 million bond coming due in February. It wants ...

Nigeria set an ambitious three-year growth target that leans heavily on the non-oil sector in Africa’s biggest oil-producing ...

Johannesburg — "In the past 10 years we have seen more than 17 mass kidnappings. It's a bad record for any country and government, a total breakdown of the social contract," regional security expert ...

Sarah Carter is an award-winning CBS News producer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been with CBS News since 1997, following freelance work for organizations including The New York Times, ...