Two Nigerian priests have now been formally appointed to Irish parishes.

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Three people who are feared to have contracted Ebola are being tested in Spain for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid’s airport as a precaution.

Rescue workers have recovered 46 bodies and rescued 130 survivors from the rubble of a shopping mall and guesthouse which collapsed on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria.

A mother of three, jailed yesterday for smuggling cocaine hidden in the soles of her shoes, claimed in court that her lover gave her the footwear.

The American pilot of the passenger jet that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday reported engine trouble shortly before the crash, airline officials said.

Nine failed African asylum seekers who arrived back in Dublin Airport last year after their deportee flight was turned back are evading Irish authorities.

Marouane Chamakh admits he cannot remain a bit-part player with Arsenal “forever” and is hoping to get more chances to impress at Emirates Stadium.

THE Netherlands announced yesterday it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, issuing a report that called the failed Christmas Day airline bombing a “professional” terror attack.

The Netherlands announced today it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, issuing a report that called the failed Christmas Day airline bombing a “professional” terror attack.

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded today that the aviation security system failed when a man on a watchlist with a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

LAWYERS for a Nigerian mother-of-two fighting deportation are expected to tell the Supreme Court today that they have obtained documents which support her bid to remain here.

A NIGERIAN mother and her two daughters fighting deportation have received death threats warning the family will be shot dead if they remain in Ireland.

A NIGERIAN mother battling deportation with her two daughters intends fighting claims by gardaí that she faked the death of her first child, saying the infant died from female genital mutilation.

Barack Obama’s nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the US presidency has sparked off a wave of Obamamania in Africa, the continent where his father was born and where many of his relatives live.

Coastal cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.

Coastal cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.

A Nigerian mother and her two young children are to be deported from Dublin later today.

Singer Kelly Rowland was rushed to hospital after collapsing onstage midway through a performance in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday.

At least 16 people were killed and many others injured today when a pipeline carrying petroleum products exploded in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, the Red Cross said.

A Chicago woman arrested for importing cocaine into Cork in a beehive hairdo was brought before Cork District Court today.

A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people – including dozens of school children - crashed in stormy weather today as it approached the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing at least 103 who were on board.

Military helicopters searched in vain for a missing passenger plane that was carrying at least 114 people when it disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Nigeria's biggest city, officials said today.

CRUDE oil topped $57 a barrel in New York for the first time since April over concern refiners may struggle to meet a fourth-quarter peak in demand for winter fuels.

Armed police and government workers razed hundreds of houses in a downtown slum in Lagos, Nigeria, forcing out hundreds of shocked residents to enforce a land ownership ruling.

OVER 30,000 non-EU parents of Irish-born children are likely to be granted permanent residency status over the next few months.

DOZENS of filthy and exhausted children, some as young as 12 months, cowered in a Nigerian police station yesterday after being discovered packed into a fishmonger’s truck, possibly to be sold into slavery.

Hip-hop star 50 Cent hit trouble in Africa on Saturday night, when he got into a scuffle with the entourage of another rapper in a Lagos, Nigeria airport.

Five companies including Siemens AG, Alcatel and LM Ericsson AB are bidding for a US$150m contract to install telephone lines in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.