The dye pits in Kano have been in operation for five centuries, but are now reported to be the last of their kind. Many pits have been abandoned as young people turn to city jobs instead of traditional trades.

The electoral commission made the decision to delay the election vote just 5 hours before the scheduled opening of the polls.

Millions of people marked World Cleanup Day on Saturday, joining what was set to be the biggest-ever single day of volunteer-based waste collection efforts.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has set out plans for an extra 4 billion Euros in investments in Africa - as she seeks to overtake the US as the biggest G7 investor in the continent.

Today we'll head to Nigeria where a pig farm is turning waste management and recycling into profit.

Argentina head into their final group match of the World Cup in disarray. After a 3-0 defeat to Croatia in their last match, qualification hangs on by a thread, and only a win against Nigeria will give Jorge Sampaoli’s men any hope of reaching the round of 16.

Nigeria were on the attack and beat Iceland 2-0 in the World Cup.

A blast in northeast Nigeria has killed at least 31 people

Croatia beat Nigeria 2-0 in their first game of the World Cup

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One hundred and ten girls remain unaccounted for following an attack on a school in the town of Dapchi in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, the country’s information ministry said on Sunday.

Nigeria rescues some of the missing schoolgirls who are said to have been kidnapped in a raid by Boko Haram in Yobe province earlier in the week.

More than 700 people held hostage by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants have reportedly escaped.

It's northeastern Nigeria's deadliest mass killing in 2017.