Nigeria News
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Top aide of Nigerian president dies of Covid-19The powerful chief of staff to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari has died after contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus, the presidency said...
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Nigeria gas explosion kills at least 15: emergency servicesA gas explosion in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Sunday killed at least 15 people, injured a lot more and...
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Bandits kill 30 in northwest Nigeria attackArmed gangs killed 30 people in raids on two villages within an area of northwest Nigeria suffering from cattle rustlers...
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Repatriation of Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria underwayCameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji said Tuesday that the repatriation of some 700 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria...
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19 girls free Lagos 'baby factory' in NigeriaPolice in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, have freed 19 women and girls who had mostly been abducted and impregnated by...
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Nigeria ordered to pay $9bn to small gas firmA British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a small private company.The firm, P&ID,...
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Tanker truck fuel blast kills 58 in NigerFifty-eight people died in Niger’s capital Niamey after an overturned tanker truck exploded as crowds collected spilt fuel, authorities and...
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Dozens trapped in Nigeria school collapse, at least 8 deadEmergency crews sifted through debris as night fell on frantic efforts to rescue scores of school children and others feared...
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Nigerians to elect state governorsNigerian voters return to the polls on Saturday to elect powerful state governors, two weeks after Muhammadu Buhari secured a...
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Nigeria votes for a new president after delayNigerians voted for a new president on Saturday after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims...
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Nigeria's leader already claiming election winNigeria's president says he will be congratulating himself at the end of the election after he was among the first...
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Nigeria's two main parties condemn election postponementNigeria's two main political parties on Saturday hit out at a decision by the country's election watchdog to push back...
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Boko Haram killed 'at least 60' in NE Nigeria: AmnestyBoko Haram Islamists killed at least 60 civilians in an attack on the remote town of Rann in northeast Nigeria...
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Nigeria lifts Unicef ban after 'spy' rowNigeria's military has revoked its earlier decision to suspend activities of the UN children's agency Unicef in the north-east of...
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Boko Haram kills 16 in NigeriaBoko Haram jihadists have killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in the latest attacks in restive northeast...
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Latest communal violence in central Nigeria kills 55Nigeria's government says 55 people have been killed in the latest eruption of communal violence in north-central Kaduna state.A spokesman...
