Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces policy allowing State Department to deny visas to individuals involved in religious freedom violations globally.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sought more help from France to fight widespread violence in the north of the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, weeks after the United States threatened to intervene to protect Nigeria's Christians.

Ecobank Nigeria is trying to fend off concerns that it will default on a $150 million bond coming due in February. It wants to buy back that debt, announcing a tender offer on Nov. 27 in response to S&P Global Ratings downgrading the credit to CC and saying it saw an increased likelihood of a restructuring or regulatory intervention.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to step down.

Late last October, President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as "a country of particular concern" (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act for "severe violations of religious freedom."

ABUJA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Police in southeast Nigeria's Imo state sealed a hotel and private mortuary allegedly owned by a suspected kidnapper after a weekend raid uncovered decomposed and mutilated corpses, raising suspicions of illegal organ-harvesting operations.

Nigeria's foreign minister linked threats of military action to the kidnapping of schoolgirls as he said fighters sought human shields.

United States Congressman Riley Moore says Nigeria must match its commitments with “concrete action” as terrorist attacks and killings continue across the country, particularly in the North-East and Middle Belt.