Victims of the Nigerian government’s violent 1990s-era crackdown on residents of oil-rich lands where Royal Dutch Shell had drilling operations may finally reach their goal to challenge the deaths and injuries in a U.S....

Nigerian security agents have released three reporters arrested over an erroneous report claiming the president would step down on health grounds.

Nigerian security officials forced a major private broadcaster off air and arrested three reporters after the station aired a report that President Umaru Yar’Adua might step down for health reasons, a government spokesman said Wednesday,...

Nigerian militants say an increase in clashes with armed forces represents a state of war.

Militants fought a rare ground battle with Nigerian armed forces in the country’s southern oil region Saturday and threatened to launch reprisals on the oil infrastructure in Africa’s biggest crude...

Nigerian authorities have released a U.S. filmmaker held for more than a week on suspicion of spying, his production company said Wednesday.

The Nigerian military says kidnappers have released an Israeli hostage unharmed.

A Nigerian military spokesman says gunmen have kidnapped two more foreign workers in the country’s southern oil region.

Oil prices fluctuated Monday after an attack by militants on Nigerian oil pipelines and comments by Iran’s president suggested a significant increase in the country’s nuclear program. Concerns about flagging U.S. demand once again...

Nigerian foreign affairs minister says the African Union will ask the U.N. Security Council to defer the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a year.ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is seeking an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on...