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As election nears, Nigeria recommends 50 percent minimum wage rise
By Reuters,
2111, January 22, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s government is recommending a 50 percent rise in the minimum wage weeks before a presidential election where the cost of living has become ...
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Nigeria’s ruling party accuses opposition of plotting pre-vote violence
By Reuters,
1303, January 22, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s government accused the main opposition party of planning violence ahead of next month’s election in a nation...
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Thousands flee as militants kill more than 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria: aid agencies
By Reuters,
1501, January 19, 2019 (EAT)
Armed groups have killed more than 100 soldiers and seized a huge stock of weapons in clashes in northeast Nigeria since Dec. 26, a report by a group ...
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Nigerian opposition candidate seeks to privatize state oil firm
By Reuters,
2028, January 16, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s main opposition candidate for president said on Wednesday he would seek to privatize the state oil company and other government assets if ...
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Nigerian army raids newspaper over Boko Haram article
By CNN,
905, January 10, 2019 (EAT)
The Nigerian army raided the offices of a local newspaper and took away journalists who wrote an article that "divulged classified information" and pu...
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Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopian PM who captured Africa’s imagination
By CNN,
1039, January 1, 2019 (EAT)
One African leader's 2018 story has gripped the continent's imagination because of the heady pace of change his appointment has engineered. Abiy Ah...
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At least 12 Nigerian soldiers killed in fighting with Islamists
By Reuters,
1843, December 17, 2018 (EAT)
At least 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed and dozens of others are missing after fighting with Islamists in the northeastern state of Borno, three mil...
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Nigeria Candidate Absent From Election Accord Ceremony
By VOA,
1847, December 12, 2018 (EAT)
Nigeria's main opposition candidate did not attend an event on Tuesday to sign an election agreement stating a commitment to hold a peaceful election ...
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Amnesty calls on ICC to fully probe Boko Haram conflict atrocities
By VOA,
1439, December 11, 2018 (EAT)
Amnesty International on Monday said the International Criminal Court should start a full-blown investigation into atrocities committed in the Boko Ha...
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Nigerian opposition accuses government of blocking VP candidate’s account
By Reuters,
1006, December 10, 2018 (EAT)
Nigeria’s main opposition party said authorities had frozen the bank accounts of its vice presidential candidate in the run-up to elections next Feb...
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Nigerian President Buhari denies clone rumors: ‘This is the real me’
By CNN,
1329, December 3, 2018 (EAT)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he died and was replaced by a clone, calling the speculation "ignorant rumors." Buhari ...
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Nigerian President breaks silence on military base attack
By VOA,
1837, November 25, 2018 (EAT)
Nigeria’s president has finally broken his silence about the deaths of dozens of soldiers killed by Islamist militants a week ago in the northeaster...
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Bring Back our Girls activist Oby Ezekwesili vows to disrupt ‘Nigeria’s politics of failure’
By CNN,
1121, November 23, 2018 (EAT)
Bring Back our Girls activist and former Nigerian minister Oby Ezekwesili has thrown her hat into the election ring for Nigeria's upcoming 2019 electi...
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Nigerian opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar seeks to boost oil investments
By Reuters,
1842, November 19, 2018 (EAT)
Nigerian opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar will seek to boost investment in the oil sector if he becomes president next year, according to a draft c...
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Nigeria names fifth commander in under two years to lead fight against Boko Haram
By Reuters,
1430, November 11, 2018 (EAT)
Nigeria has named its fifth commander in less than 2 years to lead the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, the army said on Saturday, a move mili...
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55 people killed in violence in northern Nigerian state of Kaduna: police
By Reuters,
1720, October 21, 2018 (EAT)
Communal violence in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna over the last few days has killed 55 people, the local police commissioner said on Sunday. ...
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Boko Haram execute 2nd aid worker as negotiation deadline expires
By CNN,
748, October 18, 2018 (EAT)
An aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been executed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the Nigerian government...
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Boko Haram threatens to kill kidnapped aid workers within 24 hours
By CNN,
1919, October 15, 2018 (EAT)
Two International Red Cross Society (ICRC) aid workers kidnapped by a faction of Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeast may be executed Tuesday, the organi...
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Ex-Nigerian president Obasanjo backs former deputy for 2019 election
By Reuters,
444, October 12, 2018 (EAT)
Nigerian ex-head of state Olusegun Obasanjo has backed his former deputy for next year’s presidential election. The move ends a public feud that ...
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U.S. First Lady Melania Trump to arrive in Kenya this week
By VOA,
1200, October 2, 2018 (EAT)
First Lady Melania Trump has left the U.S. for Africa on her first big solo international trip. She will visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt durin...
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