"All the “five specific acts that are considered as acts of genocide once they are committed with genocidal intent” are prevalent in the North of the country

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Demonstrations for the release of a separatist leader in Nigeria's capital city turned violent on Monday as police fired tear gas and arrested dozens of protesters, as well as a journalist with French news agency Agence France ...

At least 500 people died in religious rioting that followed Nigeria's presidential election, a civil rights group said Sunday, as volatile state gubernatorial elections loom this week. Meanwhile, police in the northern state of Bauchi said at least 11 ...

Protesters said police had failed both to investigate the deaths by shooting and to make any arrests. Protesters angered by a string of unsolved murders threw up roadblocks and mobbed government offices in three days of riots in the restive gold-rich Ituri ...

Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Ms. Omolola Oloworaran, has vowed to ensure that every Naira deducted as pension by employers of labour was remitted, and contributions properly accounted for.