Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan announced Wednesday on his Facebook page he would contest the January presidential poll, ending months of speculation on his ambition. “I, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, by the grace of God hereby offer...

Up to 100 people have been killed after a runaway truck ploughed into a crowded market in Nigeria. Officials said 55 people died, but a BBC reporter at the scene, in Kogi state, counted at least 100 corpses. Kogi state police said the lorry hurtled...

Nigeria — A wary peace has settled over this strategic region, a major world oil supplier and for years a combustible nexus of third world militancy, deprivation and government corruption.

A top militant commander in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region will surrender rocket launchers and gunboats Saturday in the biggest hand-over of weapons since a government amnesty began two weeks ago, a government official said. Timiebi...