ONE of the worst locust infestations to hit West Africa in 15 years has reached northern Nigeria, where authorities are battling the swarms with insecticide sprayed from crop-dusting airplanes.

The Nigerian fashion journalist who faces an Islamic death sentence over article about the Miss World contest has fled the country.

THE deputy governor of a largely Islamic state in northern Nigeria has called on Muslims to kill the Nigerian writer of a newspaper article about the Miss World beauty pageant that sparked deadly religious riots.

A Nigeria state government has ordered Muslims to kill the journalist whose article sparked the Miss World riots.