A girl with “significant” special needs born in Ireland after her Nigerian mother claimed she fled here due to fears her unborn child might suffer female genital mutilation or human sacrifice has overturned the rejection of her refugee status.

Nigerian police have discovered skulls and corpses of more than 50 people in shrines where a secretive cult was believed to have carried out traditional ritual killings.

Armed robbers in eastern Nigeria have killed up to 22 people in a revenge attack on a citizens anti-crime group.