Women hoping to visit their loved ones at New York prisons are being turned away after scanners pick up what they say are ...

Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists have killed at least 162 people in western Nigeria. Local officials say the attack ...

Armed extremists have killed over 162 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, a lawmaker said.

The raiders stormed a rural community in central Nigeria, killing dozens and setting homes on fire in one of the country’s worst recent attacks.

Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed ...

Women are recording visible gains in Nigeria’s legal profession, with more female leaders emerging across the Nigerian Bar ...

Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria following her ...

A routine audit of a multinational manufacturing company in Nigeria found something illegal: women working on the production line at night. The company was penalized for breaking the law – in Nigeria, ...

The U.S. is rushing to move captured Islamic State fighters out of northeast Syria amid fears that tensions between pro-government forces and a Kurdish-led militia could lead to a security breakdown ...

Between 2021 and 2024, almost 100 individuals died in the custody of a municipal or county jail in Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

RABAT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria were drawn with Egypt, Zambia and newcomers Malawi for the defence of their Women’s’ Africa Cup of Nations title in March when the draw was conducted in Rabat on ...