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.

On January 30, 2026, the United States Department of Justice released over three million pages of documents linked to the ...

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 ...

Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari (R) with her husband and fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha (L) were handed 10-year prison terms for anti-state social media posts (Aamir QURESHI) A Pakistani court on ...

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, ...

A coroner’s inquest into the death of a woman inside Pine Grove Correctional Centre has wrapped up. Jurors were not able to determine how she died, but they gave a list of recommendations to help ...