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Nigeria
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Nigeria. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Capital
Abuja
Head of State
President Bola Tinubu
Head of Government
President Bola Tinubu
A Nigerian soldier from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) loads his machine gun during training at the MNJTF military base, Sector 3 Headquarters, in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria, on July 5 last year. Photo: AFP
Africa

Nigerian army kills top Boko Haram commander, 10 militants in night raid

Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state, was a key figure within ‘the terrorist hierarchy’ according to the army.

Banking & finance

FSDC urges Hong Kong to focus on Africa-Asia financial corridor

China-Africa relations

Chinese loans to Africa down by nearly 50 per cent as priorities shift

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US-China relations

Opinion | Why China’s response to Trump’s chaos will be to wait and watch

Although the US president’s destabilising actions might seem like an opportunity for Beijing, it is likely to opt for strategic patience.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Japan

Never send, never pay: NGO sounds alarm on sextortion scourge in Japan

Paps reported 2,200 consultations linked to sextortion as of November for the 2025 financial year, with most victims male and aged under 18.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Will US interference in Hong Kong or Taiwan end? Don’t bet on it

Amid stabler US-China relations, confidence in Hong Kong has recovered. However, the city needs to be on the alert for other threats.

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Donald Trump

‘Peace President’ Trump embraces war: Maduro captured, Nigeria hit, Iran warned

Despite Nobel Peace Prize ambitions, Trump opens 2026 with strikes in Venezuela after a Christmas Day hit on Nigeria.

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in September. Photo: EPA
Anthony Joshua

Driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash charged with dangerous driving

Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the British boxer and 2 of his friends when their car crashed on Monday, killing Joshua’s friends.

China-Africa relations

Washington lines up health deals as US and China vie for access to Africa

Signatories must guarantee that genetic sequence data and samples from potential outbreaks are shared with the US within 5 days of detection.

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Donald Trump

Trump says he ordered Nigeria strike delay to ‘give a Christmas present’

‘They were going to ‍do it earlier,’ Trump said of Thursday’s strike targeting ⁠Islamic State militants, adding ‘we hit them hard’.

Residents inspect the damage the day after US forces launched a strike against Islamic State militants, in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Africa

US launches strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria, Trump says

US strikes targeting militants were carried out in cooperation with the Nigerian government.

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A missile is launched from a military vessel at an unidentified location, in a screen grab obtained from a video released by the Department of War on December 25, 2025. Photo: US Department of War via Reuters
Africa

Nigeria says ‘spat’ with Trump over killing of Christians ‘largely resolved’

However, Nigeria remains on Washington’s list of countries of ‘particular concern’ regarding alleged religious freedom violations.

Africa

Nigeria secures release of 130 children abducted from Catholic school

Presidential spokesman confirms ‘none left in captivity’ after an operation frees students taken by gunmen in November.

China-Africa relations

Chinese workers return to Africa as lucrative job opportunities beckon

Large-scale, China-backed projects entice contract workers to take up posts in some African nations, while political instability keeps others away.

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Rail projects have been a long-standing area of cooperation between China and a number of countries in Africa. Photo: Xinhua
China-Africa relations

‘Concrete symbols’: China-built Ecowas HQ latest infrastructure gift to Africa

Beijing’s strategy to project influence through gifting prestigious presidential palaces and parliamentary buildings labelled ‘unique’.

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Chinese ambassador to Nigeria Yu Dunhai with Dr Omar Touray, president of the Ecowas Commission, in Abuja on December 4. Du visited the US$32 million China-built Ecowas headquarters in the Nigerian capital. Photo: X/YDunhai
China technology

Opinion | Why the Global South is embracing Chinese AI

The US champions AI as an autonomous agent, a content creator. China exports a vision of AI as a digital nervous system for the real economy.

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Africa

Opinion | How China can help Africa build human capital

To truly harness their potential, countries across the continent seeking to industrialise must develop education and infrastructure in tandem.

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Africa

Benin hunts leader behind short-lived coup that left casualties on both sides

Authorities in the west African country confirm arrests were made and hostages released, but apparent coup leader remained at large.

Soldiers patrol in Cotonou, Benin, after the country’s armed forces thwarted an attempted coup against the government. Photo: Reuters
China-Africa relations

Why Chinese firms are taking operational risks on African projects

Public-private partnerships or PPP model for African infrastructure tipped to grow as ‘bankable’ projects can attract global finance.

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United Nations

Nigeria’s government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren

The fate of dozens of other pupils and staff remains unclear as the country buckles under a wave of mass abductions.

Africa

Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappings

Hundreds of people, mostly children, have been abducted in a week.

Students load bags into a vehicle outside the Federal Government Girls College in Bwari on Saturday. Nigeria’s education ministry ordered 47 boarding secondary schools across the country be shut after a mass kidnapping earlier in the week. Photo: AFP
Africa

Dozens kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria escape captors

Hundreds of children and staff remain held by gunmen amid a spate of school attacks in the West African country.

A classroom at St Mary’s school, where gunmen abducted more than 300 students and staff. Photo: AFP
Africa

315 kidnapped in Nigeria school attacks as security crisis deepens

Gunmen attacked a school in Niger state on Friday after abducting 25 girls from a Kebbi state secondary school on Monday.

Africa

Gunmen kidnap students from Nigerian Catholic school, second attack in a week

The attacks come weeks after US President Trump threatened military action over what he said were targeted killings of Nigeria’s Christians.

Africa

1 girl escapes Nigeria mass abduction of 25 students from a high school

The student fled through a forest after gunmen attacked a high school dormitory.

A general view of the school from which school children were kidnapped by gunmen in Kebbi, Nigeria on Monday. Photo: AP
Africa

Gunmen kidnap 25 schoolgirls in Nigeria region grappling with banditry

The early morning raid came a decade after the Chibok abduction that sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

Police said the schoolgirls were taken from their dorms on Monday. Photo: AP
Africa

Trump’s threat of US military action clashes with Nigeria’s reality

Nigeria’s president denies his country is religiously intolerant after Trump claimed Christians are being killed in ‘large numbers’.

Africa

Nigeria urges meeting with Trump after US president’s military action threat

Trump had said he was designating Nigeria a ‘country of particular concern’ because of worries about the safety of Christians there.

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