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Chaos, jubilation as freed Nigerian schoolboys reunite with family
By Reuters,
1705, December 19, 2020 (EAT)
Parents sobbed, mobbed their children in hugs and even kissed the ground in gratitude on Friday as they reunited with scores of Nigerian schoolboys wh...
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Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys who were kidnapped by gunmen rescued
By Reuters,
943, December 18, 2020 (EAT)
Security forces rescued nearly 350 Nigerian schoolboys who had been kidnapped and taken into a vast forest, Katsina state Governor said. It was not...
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Nigerian military in firefight with gang who kidnapped students
By Reuters,
1347, December 13, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian military had located and exchanged fire with gunmen who kidnapped scores of secondary school students in northwestern Katsina state, acco...
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Nigerian citizens in Nairobi protest against controversial anti-robbery squad
By Erick Owenga,
1615, October 21, 2020 (EAT)
A section of Nigerian citizens camped outside the High Commission in Nairobi on Wednesday protesting over the injustices by the Special Anti-Robbery S...
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Nigerian official collapses during televised Niger Delta corruption hearing
By Reuters,
1013, July 21, 2020 (EAT)
A Nigerian official collapsed on Monday during a televised parliamentary hearing held as part of an investigation into allegations of mismanagement at...
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Nigeria reopens secondary schools, airports for domestic flights
By VOA,
1543, July 1, 2020 (EAT)
Nigeria is reopening schools for the graduating class on the advice of a task force that students get help in preparing for examinations. ...
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Nigeria reopens churches, mosques and hotels amid rising cases of COVID-19
By CNN,
1705, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian government has lifted restrictions placed on religious gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The previous ban on religious and s...
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Nigerian President Buhari’s Chief of Staff dies from coronavirus
By Reuters,
1138, April 18, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter....
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Africa’s leaders forced to confront healthcare systems they neglected for years
By CNN,
1704, April 10, 2020 (EAT)
Africa's ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own co...
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‘We don’t work, we don’t eat’: Informal workers face stark choices as Nigeria shuts down over coronavirus
By CNN,
2048, March 31, 2020 (EAT)
Many countries in Africa are imposing lockdowns on their citizens as they race to curb the spread of coronavirus. But it has further highlighted th...
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Coronavirus in Africa: Over 100 cases in 10 countries
By CNN,
1615, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
Cases of coronavirus in Africa have so far been few and spread across the continent but the numbers are rising rapidly as Nigeria and South Africa on ...
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30 killed in Nigerian millitant attack
By CNN,
848, February 12, 2020 (EAT)
At least 30 people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, are dead after suspected Boko Haram militants set fire on sleeping travelers in Borno state...
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Visas on arrival for all Africans visiting Nigeria starting next year – Buhari
By Imani Mitchelle,
1343, December 12, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that all African visitors will from January receive visas on arrival. Speaking in Egypt during th...
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German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke dead at 79
By Imani Mitchelle,
1323, December 8, 2019 (EAT)
Famed German Evangelist and founder of Christ for All Nations organisation Reinhard Bonnke has died at the age of 79. According to a statement rele...
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Uhuru in Jordan, seeks support for U.N. council seat
By Duncan Mutwiri,
931, October 30, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Saudi Arabia. During the meeting on the sidelines of the Future I...
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Nigeria bans imports, exports across land borders
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1433, October 17, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria has closed all its land borders stopping the movement of goods except by sea. The customs agency which is in charge of the country's border...
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Nigeria to start evacuating its citizens from South Africa
By Imani Mitchelle,
1405, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria will on Wednesday begin to evacuate hundreds of it citizens from Johannesburg in South Africa following a series of xenophobic attacks. The...
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South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist
By Agencies,
2140, September 5, 2019 (EAT)
The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...
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Nigerian President Buhari takes action after xenophobic attacks in South Africa
By Ian Omondi,
2119, September 4, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following reports of a spate of xenophobic att...
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Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports
By CNN,
1120, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...
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