Nigeria’s chief election commissioner formally asked on Wednesday for a three-month delay to January’s presidential elections, saying more time was needed to iron out problems with voter registration. “What is worth doing is worth...

A man carrying bags containing more than 70 dead babies has been arrested in Nigeria. He was employed by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to take the corpses to a cemetery. The worker was allegedly trying to dump the corpses as he could not...

Stubbornness crops up in harsh environments like that of this desert’s-edge capital, in the stoicism of grilled meat vendors in 110-degree heat or the patience of camels bearing heavy reed mats through the dusty streets.