AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: In many parts of Nigeria, funerals are often huge celebrations of life, but they can also involve some painful and unwelcome demands. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu experienced just ...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has paid a glowing tribute to the late Deaconess Eno Nnana Usoro, mother of Central Bank of ...
Nigeria is mourning the loss of one of its most prominent and polarising leaders, former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in the United Kingdom at the age of 81. His death was confirmed ...
Mourners paid their respects to 22 of the victims killed at St. Francis Catholic Church on June 5 as religious leaders urged authorities to take swift action. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria held a ...
A funeral mass was held on Friday for the victims of the gun attack in early June at a church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, a relative of two of the victims told CNN. A funeral mass was held on Friday ...
Boko Haram gunmen on Saturday killed 23 mourners in Borno state in Nigeria's restive northeast after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said. Arms and ammunitions were recovered in ...
Thousands of mourners have attended the state funeral of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a national stadium in ...
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading African prelate has stated that the lack of political will to end rising insecurity in Nigeria “is turning our country into one wide funeral home.” The Bishop of Sokoto ...
AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: In many parts of Nigeria, funerals are often huge celebrations of life, but they can also involve some painful and unwelcome demands. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu experienced just ...