ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An improvised explosive device detonated at a school on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Monday, killing two people who were handling the bomb and injuring two others, police ...

Soar above the purposefully designed capital of Nigeria with this breathtaking drone video of Abuja. Witness the city's unique, modernist, and geometric layout, gliding along its wide avenues and past ...

When Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja in 1991, it was partly to find a “neutral ground,” a city not tied to any prominent tribe, region, or coastal chaos; thus, Abuja became the centre of ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, has called on his country’s new government to take urgent action to combat violence and insecurity in Africa’s ...

Hundreds escaped a prison in the capital city of Nigeria after Islamic extremists attacked the facility, according to local authorities. Over 300 of the 879 escaped inmates have been recaptured since ...

With a population in excess of 21 million, Lagos is arguably the largest city in Nigeria. In fact, it is the second most rapidly growing urban area on the African continent after Abuja, the capital ...