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Nigeria orders foreigners to leave mining areas

Nigeria’s government has ordered foreign nationals to leave mining sites in north-western Zamfara state within 48 hours, blaming them for an upsurge in banditry and kidnappings. It also announced a suspension of mining activities in Zamfara and other affected states with immediate

April 8, 2019

Africa·Nigeria

Death toll at collapsed Nigerian school rises to 20, mostly children

The official number of people who have died since a building collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos earlier this week has risen to 20. Lagos state health commissioner Jide Idris released the number in a statement but did not disclose how many

March 15, 2019

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10 Children die after school building collapsed in Nigeria

10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos Island, had

March 13, 2019

Nigeria

More than 50 People Missing After Nigerian Oil Pipeline Explosion

WARRI — More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said Saturday. The blast early Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state, the

March 2, 2019

Our officials were sexually assaulted during last election, INEC laments

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Latest : Election officials ‘raped’ during last week presidential election

Nigeria’s electoral commission (Inec) has said that its officials were subjected to “threats, harassment, intimidation, assault, abduction and even rape” during last week’s presidential election. The commission said it “decried the high level of violence in a few places” but did not

March 1, 2019

Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari re-elected as Nigeria’s president

Officials declared early Wednesday that Muhammadu Buhari had won a second term as president of Africa’s most populous country, where voters rejected a corruption-stained candidate in favor of a leader who promised to continue a campaign to eliminate graft. The 76-year-old defeated

February 27, 2019

Nigeria

Monitors concerned as Nigeria awaits presidential election vote result

Nigeria on Sunday awaited results from its presidential election, as civil society groups warned that disorganisation and violence may have undermined the polls. Results from Saturday’s vote were expected to trickle in to Abuja after being collated at the state and local

February 25, 2019

Nigeria

Nigerian widows in court to sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths

A civil court case is getting under way in the Netherlands, brought by Nigerian Ogoni activists against The Hague-based oil company, Royal Dutch Shell. The firm is accused of having been complicit in the executions of nine Ogoni men during a Nigerian

February 12, 2019

Africa

Nigerian prophet shares N30m among church members to celebrate Christmas

Christmas season is the time when people give their loved ones and family members gifts just to show them how much they care about them. This season is also the time to remember those in need. Nigerian prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin has

December 26, 2018

Africa·Nigeria

Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan gets the attention of former presidents

Invited guests have gathered at a top hotel in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, for the launch of My Transition Hours, a book by former President Goodluck Jonathan. From what I can see the hall at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel is filled to capacity.

November 20, 2018

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Nigeria orders foreigners to leave mining areas

Death toll at collapsed Nigerian school rises to 20, mostly children

10 Children die after school building collapsed in Nigeria

More than 50 People Missing After Nigerian Oil Pipeline Explosion

Latest : Election officials ‘raped’ during last week presidential election

Muhammadu Buhari re-elected as Nigeria’s president

Monitors concerned as Nigeria awaits presidential election vote result

Nigerian widows in court to sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths

Nigerian prophet shares N30m among church members to celebrate Christmas

Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan gets the attention of former presidents

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