They survived Boko Haram, now millions are at risk of starvation. It has been described as one of the world's biggest humanitarian disasters.

The Nigerian army released 566 persons, including 355 babies, held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

The injured New Zealander freed from Nigerian kidnappers is not yet well enough to return home.

Three Australian and one Kiwi taken at gunpoint in a deadly ambush in Nigeria will be reunited with their families after a dramatic rescue.

MFAT official has travelled to Nigerian capital to work alongside local authorities negotiating the release of Jamal Khan and six others kidnapped by militants.

COMMENT: You take your life in your own hands when you live and work in Nigeria.

Former Kiwi hostage Bruce Klenner says the chances of kidnapped workers being freed depends on a lot of circumstances, but it was mostly to do with money.

Former Kiwi cop escaped kidnappers in Nigeria.

Many people assumed the women kidnapped and held captive in Boko Haram's rape camps would be warmly welcomed back. Instead, they are shunned.

Two women suicide bombers set off a deadly blast in a Nigerian mosque killing at least 22 people.

A bombing that killed 58 people at a camp in a Nigerian town underlies the destructive capacity of Boko Haram that's left 3 million people cut off from access to aid.

The emaciated toddler was accused of being a witch and abandoned by his family.

Starving boy was left for dead by his family because they thought he was a witch.

With luxury air travel, five-star hotels and vast entourages, the life of a Nigerian politician has been more akin to that of a rap star than a public servant.

Nigeria's Port Harcourt International Airport has failed on all counts, writes Joel Olatunde Agoi.

A bomb blast in the Nigerian city of Yola had killed 32 and injured 80, Reuters reports.

Nigeria's Army has claimed to have rescued almost 300 women and girls after seizing three "terrorist camps" from the Islamists of Boko Haram, but they did not include any of the 219....

At least 2000 women have been abducted by Boko Haram, detained in prisons and houses and subjected to forced marriage, stonings and sexual slavery.

Either a former dictator or a "weak" leader could emerge as President of Africa's most populous nation this morning.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for democracy in Africa yesterday as Nigerians resolutely cast their votes amid shootings by Islamist militants and technical glitches.

After days of razing villages and massacres, Boko Haram finished the week with its most chilling atrocity.

The West is being accused of ignoring the threat of militant Islamist group Boko Haram after their reported slaughter of up to 2000 people.

Thirty-five people were killed and 150 injured when multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Kano, police said.

All her son wanted to do was hold her hand. But like most Ebola victims, Dr Stella Adadevoh died without a loved one to comfort them in the dreadful final hours.

Boko Haram has allegedly abducted dozens more girls in northeast Nigeria, damaging hopes of a ceasefire agreement with the Government.

Islamic militants Boko Haram had abducted more 200 teenagers from a Nigerian school in April.

An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.

In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.