FILE - Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, center right, speaks with his lawyers at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on Jan 29, 2016. (AP Photo/File) ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court Friday rejected a request to free a separatist leader, ruling that prosecutors had presented enough evidence for him to face terrorism charges brought by the ...

Nigeria's Supreme Court has granted a musician, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, permission to appeal against his controversial sentence outside of the legal timeframe. Yahaya Sharif Aminu ...

ABUJA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted lawyers representing Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, permission to file an appeal ...

Nigeria's Supreme Court held its first hearing in a high-profile blasphemy case Thursday that defence lawyers hope will lead to a ruling that puts curbs on sharia law. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A court in Nigeria on Thursday sentenced a top militant leader of an al-Qaida-linked group on the country's most-wanted list to 15 years in ...