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The 9 at 9: Saturday

Here’s everything you need to know as you kick off your weekend.

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Boko Haram militants shoot Nigerian voters dead at polling stations

Militant group Boko Haram followed through on a warning to disrupt the process.

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“Accidental” Nigerian president loses election fight to 72-year-old former...

Muhammadu Buhari has won the country’s presidential elections.

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Empire State Building to turn red and purple for #BringBackOurGirls campaign

One year on, the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria are still missing

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Woman withdrew more than €50,000 from ATMs when Ulster Bank was down

The woman said she used the money to pay for her father’s kidney transplant.

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Child bride faces death penalty over accusation she poisoned her husband

The key witness in the case is a 7-year-old girl who is the sister of the man’s other wife.

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300 rescued from Boko Haram, but none are the Chibok schoolgirls

200 abducted girls and 93 women was rescued after the Nigeria army attacked one of the group’s camps.

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Irish priest says man executed in Indonesia 'had no idea he was on death row'

“When we said your death sentence will be implemented, he said, ‘What death sentence? I will not be sentenced to death.’”

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Domestic workers are the most exploited group in Ireland

A new report from the EU has singled out childcare and domestic cleaners as the most exploited in Ireland.

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Six killed as 12-year-old girl used as a bomb

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bus park bombing but it bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

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Two major bomb attacks leave more than 30 dead in two days

The number killed in the attack this evening is unclear at this time.

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Well-to-do London couple abducted boy from Nigeria and made him their slave...

Dr Emmanuel Edet engaged in charity work for children in the developing world, while keeping a Nigerian “house boy” trapped in his home.

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For advice on sex and money, Nigerian women turn to Instagram

Nigerian agony aunt Fatibolady says her Instagram page provides much-needed support to women in the country’s conservative north.

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Over 100 killed after gas plant explodes in Nigeria

The fire raged for hours.

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This woman got a modelling contract after accidentally photobombing a popstar

Rapper Tinie Tempah was being photographed in Nigeria when this beautiful bread-seller walked into shot.

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Woman raped by asylum seeker says he shouldn't be allowed to remain in the...

The woman was offered a lift home by the man who she met outside a pub in the early hours of the morning.

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These heartbreaking images show the moment a starving boy was rescued in Nigeria

He was abandoned because his family thought he was a witch.

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Pastor who burned woman to death and tried to kill five others challenges...

The Christian pastor poured petrol on five other members of his congregation.

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Women disguised as men kill 22 people in mosque suicide bombing

A further 18 people sustained injuries in the blast.

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PHOTOS: This starving boy has made a wonderful recovery two months after...

His family reportedly abandoned him because they thought he was a witch.

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