Nollywood has officially entered its YouTube streaming era, and the industry is better for it. Filmmakers are cashing in significantly as Nigerian cinema becomes more accessible to a global, diverse ...

Funke Akindele’s ‘Behind the Scenes’ is heading to Netflix Naija. FilmOne Entertainment, the film’s distributor, made the ...

The greeting "namaste" associated with yoga and the Pidgin word for trouble, "wahala", widely used across the world thanks to Afrobeats, speak to Indian and Nigerian influences on the English language ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Justice seal. Leslie Chinedu Mba received a 19-year prison sentence for a $4 million fraud scheme involving ...

The U.S. Department of Justice seal. HOUSTON - A man who was in Houston illegally has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for his role in a romance scam and business email compromise ...

A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts and filing fraudulent tax returns seeking over $8.1 million in refunds.

The soundbite went viral before the full track had been released. “I’m gonna marry a Nigerian and you’re gonna wear gele to my wedding,” goes the line from Keys the Prince, a British-Nigerian rapper ...

About 100 U.S. troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers in the West African country as the government fights against Islamic militants and other armed groups, the Nigerian ...

Nollywood actress Ajara Lasisi, aka Aunty Ajara, has died following a prolonged illness. Actor and producer Tobi Oladele, aka Teemoney, announced the actress’ death in a video shared online on ...

Florian Plettenberg reports that FC Augsburg are on the verge of signing Nigerian striker Uchenna Ogundu. The 19-year-old Alanyaspor professional is due in the Fuggerstadt for a Sunday medical ahead ...

ABUJA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nigerian air force strikes destroyed about 10 canoes and killed more than 40 militants preparing attacks in Borno state, the military said late on Sunday, in the latest in a ...