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tablescape of assorted Nigerian foods
Food
A food writer celebrates the tastes of her hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Surfing instructor Godpower Tamarakuro Pekipuma in Lagos, Nigeria.
Sports
‘Walking on water’: Surfing makes waves in Nigeria
Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party's Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, chants during an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. 
Elections
‘This is my only hope’: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election
Customers who had waited for many hours stand outside a bank in the slim hope of being able to withdraw some cash, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. 
Elections
Millions of Nigerians prepare to vote amid chaotic cash shortage
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, right, shakes hands with Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, during the flag off campaign ahead of the 2023 presidential election in Jos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.
Elections
Insecurity in Nigeria casts shadow on presidential election
Muslims in Nigeria attend Eid prayers at the Kofar Mata prayer ground in Kano Nigeria, Sunday, May 24, 2020. 
Random rules: Part I
A view of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria, after gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives
Violence
Gunmen at Nigeria church shot from both inside and outside
Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate holding his posters, after the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq
Top of The World
Moqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq election
In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone. 
Social media
Nigerians eagerly await lift of monthslong Twitter ban
Empty green desks and chairs in a classroom with a chalkboard at the front
Top of The World
Gunmen abduct 150 schoolgirls in Nigeria
A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.
Social media
Nigeria’s indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech
A box containing stacks of cash with a 50 note stack from New Zealand on top
Top of The World
Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting
Nigerian Femi Kuti sings into a microphone
Music
Femi Kuti and Made Kuti continue Afrobeat legacy in two-part album
People hold banners as they demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 19, 2020.
Nigerians in the diaspora join #EndSARS protests
Lionheart
Nigeria’s first-ever Oscar submission has too much English for international category, academy says
A cyclist drives pasts a campaign poster for President Muhammadu Buhari in a street
Global Politics
Nigeria postpones 2019 elections warning of crackdown on election tampering
Side profile of Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji.
Arts, Culture & Media
What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means
Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other at a sit-out in Abuja, Nigeria May 18, 2016.
Conflict
The Chibok girls are still in custody, and their parents are still desperate
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.
Conflict
Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.
Arts
Teju Cole considers why racism is not someone calling him the ‘N’ word
Suspected pirates are paraded aboard a ship at a Lagos naval base after their arrest by Nigerian authorities.
Business
West Africa pirates who once saw oil tankers as the top prize are having to rethink their business
Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.
Conflict
A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband
A man works on the engine of his car, as motorists wait for fuel at a gas station in Abuja.
Business
In oil-rich Nigeria, just getting a tank of gas is an all-day endeavor
These former members of the insurgent group Boko Haram say they've escaped and turned themselves in to Chadian authorities. The army of Chad has intervened in northern Nigeria against the Islamist group.
Conflict
Nigeria’s army may finally have Boko Haram on the run
hairstyles
Arts
Capturing a half-century of Nigerian hairstyles
Folorunsho Alakija
Economics
Sorry, Oprah. You’re not No. 1 anymore.
Students pose with placards as they join a march to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram militants, in Abuja April 14, 2015.
Global Politics
Nigerians voted for change, but that doesn’t mean their new leader will bring back their girls
election lead
Global Politics
After Nigeria, could voters boot other African leaders?
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Global Politics
Nigeria’s choices for president: a former military ruler or a corrupt incumbent
A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters in support of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan along a road in Ikoyi district in Lagos.
Conflict
‘Digital thuggery’ comes to the forefront in Nigeria’s elections
Nigeria, not quite as trendy.
Media
Why no ‘Je suis Charlie’ moment for Boko Haram’s victims?
Police and emergency workers investigate a bombing scene in Kano, Nigeris, on November 29, 2014.
Conflict
Nigerians are ‘desperate’ for intervention as Boko Haram steps up its attacks
vigilante photo
Conflict
Vigilantes with homemade weapons take on Boko Haram in Nigeria
Women react during a protest demanding that Nigerian security forces search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.
Conflict
Nigerian girls who escaped from Boko Haram describe their ordeal
A man washes his hands at a tap outside the Green Pharmacy at Area 8 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Health
Nigeria’s government stunned critics in acting quickly to make the country ‘Ebola free’
A student at Goverment Secondary School Garki washes her hands, as school resumed in Abuja, Nigeria, in late September.
Health
Here’s one reason Nigeria has halted the spread of Ebola
Author Nayomi Munaweera was born in Sri Lanka, and then moved with her family to Birnin Kebi, Nigeria, to avoid civil war. Here Munaweera stands with her mother, Mali, and younger sister, Namal.
Books
After escaping turmoil in Sri Lanka and Nigeria, her next hurdle was surviving LA schools
Demonstrators hold up a banner during a rally in Abuja that was held to mark the 120th day since the abduction of 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Islamist groups on August 12, 2014.
Conflict
The men tracking down Boko Haram are committing Boko Haram-like atrocities
An immigration officer wears a face mask at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja August 11, 2014.
Health
Ebola’s spread to Nigeria presents a whole new level of risk
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Malala Yousafzai during trip to Nigeria July 2014
Conflict & Justice
Malala, the girl who survived a Taliban shooting, is in Nigeria to support its kidnapped girls
The #bringbackourgirls campaign continues to resonate globally. Students from an all-girls Catholic school in Manila wore masks last month in solidarity with the kidnapped African school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians still hope for a rescue of their kidnapped girls, even as abductions continue
Environment
Behind Boko Haram’s terrorism in Nigeria is radical Islam — and environmental crises
Chibok girl's school uniforms from three of the kidnapped girls.
Conflict & Justice
These photos show the missing Nigerian girls as real people, as individuals
Chibok girl's school uniforms from three of the kidnapped girls.
Conflict & Justice
These photos show the missing Nigerian girls as real people, as individuals
Nigerian parents
Conflict & Justice
Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit
Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, addresses a protest rally by Nigerians demanding the release of the school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok. U.S. surveillance aircraft are flying over remote areas of nort
Global Politics
Besides hashtags, what can the US do to help Nigeria’s kidnapped girls?
Conflict & Justice
Could all the attention to #BringBackOurGirls backfire and empower Boko Haram?
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
Is the world ignoring young, black girls?
Ami Vitale Photo
Conflict & Justice
How the wrong photos became the faces of the viral #BringBackOurGirls campaign
Ami Vitale Photo
Conflict & Justice
How the wrong photos became the faces of the viral #BringBackOurGirls campaign
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
Nigerian women in Lagos protest to demand the release of abducted school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Can Boko Haram follow through on its threat to sell kidnapped girls into slavery? Maybe
Nigerian women in Lagos protest to demand the release of abducted school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Can Boko Haram follow through on its threat to sell kidnapped girls into slavery? Maybe