[Vanguard] Lagos - AN early morning rainstorm, which began at about 7.10 am, yesterday, wreaked havoc in several parts of Lagos, killing 15 persons, destroying many houses, cars, electric poles and uprooting many trees.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Monday that the rampant poverty that plagues oil-rich Nigeria — felt most acutely in its Muslim north — is fueling the religious violence now tearing at the nation.

Lagos - Pirates fired on a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria on Monday, killing the captain and chief engineer, a maritime watchdog body said as it warned shipping firms to stay clear of the area.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates off Nigeria's coast attacked a cargo ship early Monday, shooting dead its captain and chief engineer in the increasingly dangerous waters for shippers, an official said.

LAGOS (Reuters) - "Nigeria is not Animal Farm!" read one placard brandished during days of furious fuel price protests by Nigerians which have combined with a violent Islamist insurgency to move Africa's top oil producer closer to what many fear may be a breaking point. The same political vices of corrupt leadership and abuse of power which George Orwell skewered in his 1945 novella "Animal Farm ...

LAGOS, Nigeria  Pirates off Nigeria's coast attacked a cargo ship early Monday, shooting dead its captain and chief engineer in the increasingly dangerous waters for shippers, an official said. The killings come as another ship nearby was attacked this weekend and pirates hijacked a tanker ship off the coast of neighboring Benin on Thursday, the International Maritime Bureau said.

Officials say violence against shippers is now a constant danger off the coast of West Africa, a day after pirates killed two sailors off Nigeria's coast.

Hurricane-strength winds and rain tore through the islands of Nigeria's commercial capital on Monday, killing at least one person and downing trees across major roadways.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The waters off West Africa's coast are now a constant danger for those shipping goods and crude oil in the region, analysts said Tuesday, a day after pirates killed two sailors near Nigeria's coast.

A cargo vessel captain and chief engineer were killed while their ship was being assaulted by pirates on Monday, according to AFP. Numerous shots fired resulted in the pair dying off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.