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Three Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic sisters ‘freed’

Six people including three Catholic sisters who were kidnapped in November last year in Nigeria’s southern Edo state have been released, the Vanguard newspaper reports. It quotes Sister Agatha Osarekhoe, the head sister at the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Convent, confirming the release.

January 8, 2018

Africa·Nigeria

Nigeria Govenment sets aside $1bn to fight Boko Haram Islamists

Nigerian state governors on Thursday approved the release of $1 billion from the country’s excess oil account to the government to help fight the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. The money will come from what is known as the excess crude account, which

December 14, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

Nigerian woman arrested for selling her one month old twin girls.

A Nigerian woman has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell her one-month-old twin girls. She has been charged with child trafficking, although police say further charges may be added. The woman was arrested while allegedly attempting to sell her girls for

December 14, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

‘barbaric’ Nigeria church shooting 11 killed

At least 11 worshippers were shot dead at a church in southeast Nigeria on Sunday, with authorities suggesting the bloodshed was due to a local feud. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack, describing the incident as “an appalling crime against humanity

August 7, 2017

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Suicide bombing kills 14 people in Nigeria

A suicide bomber killed 14 people in northeast Nigeria, the state emergency agency said on Saturday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, days after a resurgence in the group’s activities prompted a shift in military tactics. A suicide bomber

July 30, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

At least 8 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

Maiduguri – Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attack in the restive region. The head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, said

July 17, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

NIGERIA : Cameroon’s ambassador summoned over Bakassi killings

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned Cameroon’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abbas Salahedine, to give explanations on the reported maltreatment and killings of Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian Gendarmes. In a statement the government expressed dismay over the attacks said

July 8, 2017

Africa·Nigeria

Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari not seen in 2 months

ABUJA: The president of Africa’s most populous nation was last seen in public two months ago and since the start of 2017, he’s been outside the country more than in it. Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari left for London on May 7 to receive

July 6, 2017

Africa·Breaking News·international·Nigeria

Boko Haram’s abducted schoolgirls are released

Three years after their abduction, 82 girls out of 276 have been released by Islamist militants Boko Haram. The ‘Chibok’ girls were taken from north-eastern Nigeria from their homes and their families, the popular hashtag ‘Free our girls’ arose as part of

May 6, 2017

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Nigeria rejected Joshua in 2008 and chose “better boxer” in his place – awkward!

Imagine, Anthony Joshua took more than a second look at the Nigerian olympic team in 2008 – he actually wanted to represent Nigeria at Beijing but was told that he ‘wasn’t good enough’ by Nigerian chiefs. Back then his career had just

April 30, 2017

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Three Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic sisters ‘freed’

Nigeria Govenment sets aside $1bn to fight Boko Haram Islamists

Nigerian woman arrested for selling her one month old twin girls.

‘barbaric’ Nigeria church shooting 11 killed

Suicide bombing kills 14 people in Nigeria

At least 8 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

NIGERIA : Cameroon’s ambassador summoned over Bakassi killings

Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari not seen in 2 months

Boko Haram’s abducted schoolgirls are released

Nigeria rejected Joshua in 2008 and chose “better boxer” in his place – awkward!

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