A Nigerian airliner reportedly carrying more than 100 people, including the spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria, crashed today near the airport in the capital, Abuja. A television station said at least six people survived.

Two kidnapped British oil workers have been released in Nigeria and six more hostages who are still being held are expected to be set free later today.

Togo’s new President Faure Gnassingbe and his chief opponent were in the Nigerian capital Abuja today to discuss power sharing in his tiny West African nation, still tense after last month’s presidential ballot.

Nigerian army officers have been interrogated amid rumours of a plot to overthrow President Olusegun Obasanjo’s civilian government.