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Nigeria’s Lagos state set to hold mass burials for anti-police protest victims
Authorities in Nigeria’s Lagos state were planning a mass burial for 103 people linked to anti-police protests more than two years ago, where ... World News -
Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of schoolboys in Nigeria: security, official sources
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of teachers in central Nigeria, ... World News -
Dozens of abducted Nigerian school children freed after gun battle: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday ... World News -
Suspected militant extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria
Suspected members of the militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in Nigeria’s ... Africa -
Boko Haram kills 12 and abducts seven in a raid northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram militants on Sunday killed 12 people and abducted seven others in a raid on a village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, local ... Africa -
African Union ‘strongly condemns’ violence in Nigeria’s Lagos
The African Union Commission chairman on Thursday strongly condemned deadly violence in Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos and called on all parties to ... World News -
Nigeria could privatize national oil company NNPC, change royalties under new law
Nigeria’s long-awaited oil reform bill would privatize the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), amend changes to deepwater royalties made late ... Energy -
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Nigeria’s President review OPEC+ crude oil deal progress
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari review the current progress made on an OPEC+ deal and ... Energy -
Coronavirus: Nigeria seizes British plane for flouting virus flight ban
Nigeria has seized a British plane for flouting a travel ban imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the aviation ... Coronavirus -
COVID-19 is coming to Iraq and Nigeria, war never left
We live 3,900 miles from each other in Nigeria and Iraq. Violent conflict is what we know in our lives and in our work for peace. Now we face a ... Middle East -
Nigeria delays oil export plans as output cut discussions continue amid market glut
Nigeria’s state oil company has delayed publishing its future oil export plans as it negotiates with local companies and international majors on who ... Energy -
Women and children die in northeastern Nigeria aid stampede
At least five women and children died on Saturday in a stampede when cash and clothes were handed out to thousands of displaced people in northeastern ... World News -
Nigeria eyes $1.3 bln health fund to tackle coronavirus
Nigeria is looking to set up a $1.3 billion (1.2 billion euro) fund to boost its fragile healthcare system for the fight against the coronavirus ... World News -
Nigeria identifies 100 people who may have been exposed to coronavirus patient
Nigerian authorities have been in touch with around 100 people who may have been exposed to an Italian man who is the country’s first ... World News -
Nigeria reports first case of coronavirus in Sub-Saharan African
Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.“The case is an Italian citizen who works in ... World News -
At least 30 killed by armed gangs attack in northwest Nigeria: Police
Armed gangs killed 30 people in raids on two villages in an area of northwest Nigeria plagued by cattle rustlers and kidnappers, police said on Sunday ... World News -
US, Nigeria hope to resolve visa row soon
The United States and Nigeria voiced hope Tuesday that the Trump administration would soon lift onerous visa restrictions slapped on Africa’s ... World News -
Trump’s expanded travel ban targets Nigeria, five other countries
US President Donald Trump will issue an expanded version of his travel ban on Friday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other ... World News -
Nigeria says to ‘work with US’ on visa curbs
Nigeria said on Saturday it would cooperate with Washington on visa restrictions slapped by the United States on its citizens and those from five ... World News -
Nigerian artist makes dark skin prosthetics to boost patients’ confidence
Michael Sunday is delighted, if a little stunned, as he admires his new right hand: a silicone glove-like prosthetic meant to help him return to ... Variety -
Three reported dead in Nigeria pipeline explosion
A fire on a pipeline owned by Nigeria’s state oil company in the commercial capital Lagos killed three people on Sunday, a Reuters witness ... World News -
Nigerian extremist militants free three aid workers, other civilian hostages: UN
Extremist militants released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, a United ... World News -
ISIS claims execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria
Extremists aligned to ISIS have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in restive northeast Nigeria.The footage posted ... World News -
Seven killed in Nigeria militant attack on Christmas eve
Boko Haram militants have killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in northeast ... World News -
UN reports deadly violence by armed groups in Nigeria
Armed groups in northern Nigeria have reportedly executed many civilians and abducted many others in a state where Boko Haram is active, the United ... World News -
Vietnam seizes two tonnes of ivory and pangolin scales
Vietnam seized more than two tonnes of ivory tusks and pangolin scales hidden inside wooden boxes shipped from Nigeria, state media reported ... Variety -
India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa
India’s foreign ministry said on Monday that 20 of its nationals had been kidnapped from an oil tanker in West African waters. “Our ... World News -
Boko Haram killed 19 herders in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram terrorists gunned down 19 cattle herders Saturday in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia sources and residents told AFP on Sunday. Ethnic ... World News -
Nigerian authorities detain Shia group leader with ties to Iran
Nigerian authorities have arrested Nigerian Shia leader Ibrahim Zakzaky upon his return from India, where he was refused treatment because his ... World News -
Pirates kidnap 19 crew members of Greek tanker off Nigeria
Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members of a crude oil tanker off Nigeria, an official with the ship’s operator said on Thursday. ... World News