WorldEbola: One flight awayIn an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.02 Aug 02:48 AM
New ZealandCelebrated researcher Jane Goodall to visit NZDame Jane Goodall, the celebrated ethologist considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, will give a series of public talks in New Zealand next month.30 May 01:48 AM
WorldKidnapped Nigerian girls beg president to swap prisonersNigeria's president has been sent a new video of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in which they beg him to spare their lives through a prisoner swap.28 May 07:33 AM
WorldBoko Haram 'ready to release schoolgirls'Boko Haram is prepared to start releasing up to half of the kidnapped schoolgirls in the coming days after dropping demands for the release of top commanders in talks with the Nigerian government, sources close to the group have said.19 May 01:45 AM
WorldEx-hostage: I was forced to fightA girl who spent several months last year as a hostage of Boko Haram has told how she was ordered to fight alongside the Islamists in ambushes on the Nigerian military.16 May 05:58 AM
WorldNigeria: 'I saw my poor girl in Boko Haram film'The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram has spoken of the "other worldly" moment when he saw his daughter's face on the hostage video released by the group.15 May 01:52 AM
WorldNigerian gunmen kidnap eight more girlsArmed men in Nigeria have abducted eight girls, as the government continued to struggle to find 276 schoolgirls kidnapped three weeks ago in the same region.07 May 04:25 AM
WorldWest urged to use drones in hunt for kidnapped girlsPressure is growing for Western military drones to be used in the hunt for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, as the terrorist thought to be holding them threatens to "marry off" girls aged as young as 9.06 May 05:00 PM
WorldBoko Haram: Behind the fearIslamist military group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of 300 Nigerian schoolgirls. But who is in this group, and what do they really want?06 May 07:00 AM
WorldNigeria seeks support to rescue girlsWestern countries are in talks with Nigerian security forces to help rescue hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls still missing three weeks after they were seized.05 May 05:00 PM
WorldAssault attempt to free girlsNigerian troops were reported to be massing for an assault to try to free hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by a militant Islamist group.04 May 05:00 PM
WorldHunt for abducted schoolgirls called offParents of 230 girls abducted from their boarding school by Nigerian Islamists have had to call off the search for their daughters because of a lack of police back-up.23 Apr 05:59 AM
WorldGunmen open fire on sleeping studentsBoko Haram gunmen opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing 40, in the latest massacre blamed on the Islamist insurgents.29 Sep 06:30 PM
WorldSaved by air bubbleA tug boat cook managed to find an underwater air pocket after his vessel sank off Nigeria's coast and miraculously survived nearly three days before being brought out alive, rescuers and his family say.15 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionGwynne Dyer: Nigeria - where every problem is too hard to fixIt is not known if the word "dysfunctional" was invented specifically to describe the Nigerian state.01 Jan 04:30 PM
Football FernsSoccer: Drama may hold silver liningThere might be another silver lining for some members of the Football Ferns after yesterday's dramatic 2-2 draw with Mexico.06 Jul 05:30 PM
