30 years ago, in 1995, Joe authored a defining study of the customary court system in the 17 states of southern Nigeria under the title, The Fading Lights of Justice. As an advocate, Joseph Otteh ...

Nigeria has also been grappling with a long-running insurgency in its northeast, primarily driven by the Islamist armed group Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province.

Authorities in Nigeria say eight bus passengers were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion ...

Kebbi police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar said the attack occurred on Saturday evening when the gunmen attacked the villages of Tungan Taura and Tungan Ladan. "The assailants reportedly rustled an ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 7 (Reuters) - Sixteen people were killed during a clash between local security forces and suspected Lakurawa insurgents who had raided villages in Nigeria's northwestern ...