At least 17 children have been killed in a fire at an Islamic school in northwest Nigeria. The country's emergency response agency says 17 others were injured in the blaze early Wednesday in the Kaura Namoda district of Zamfara state.
Nigeria's central bank has extended the dollar access of foreign exchange bureaus by four months, amid improved local liquidity that has contributed to recent naira gains.
Sakina Sani was married off when she was 12 years old amid conflict and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She became pregnant at 15 but miscarried and then had two children in rapid succession.