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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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Nigeria security agents arrest activist for calling for revolution
By Reuters,
1919, August 5, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian security agents arrested Omoyele Sowore, an activist, news organization founder and former presidential candidate who was calling for revolut...
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At least 65 people killed by suspected Islamists in Nigeria
By Reuters,
1006, July 29, 2019 (EAT)
At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region, state televi...
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Critics in Nigeria troubled by low number of women in Buhari’s cabinet list
By VOA,
1149, July 27, 2019 (EAT)
Concerns have been raised about the number of women whom Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended for Cabinet posts. Senators on Friday ...
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US imposes Visa restrictions on Nigerians involved in ‘undermining democracy’
By VOA,
1103, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in pres...
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Nigeria president condemns latest killings in northwestern Sokoto state
By Reuters,
1902, July 21, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state of Sokoto, his spokesman said in a state...
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African Union launches continent-wide free trade area
By VOA,
1210, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
At the African Union Summit in Niger, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the African Continental Free Trade Area by signing the continent's ...
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles receive ‘part’ of AFCON money
By Reuters,
1632, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s football federation (NFF) says it has received “part of the money” allocated by the government for the national side’s participation...
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Nigeria’s Buhari signals 4 more years much like last
By Reuters,
1750, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to repeat in his second term successes from his first four years including an improved econo...
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Nigeria’s Buhari kicks off challenge-filled second term with low-key inauguration
By Reuters,
2051, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Wednesday for a second term at a low-key inauguration ceremony in which he surprised many by not d...
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Nigeria’s Buhari starts a second term packed with challenges
By Reuters,
2128, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Wednesday for a second term at the helm a country struggling with a sluggish economy and a deca...
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Armed men kill 9, including children, in north Nigeria
By VOA,
1558, March 17, 2019 (EAT)
Armed men killed nine villagers, including children, and torched homes in northern Nigeria on Saturday, official sources said, the latest attack in a ...
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Nigerian officials halt search a day after school collapses; 8 dead
By VOA,
1306, March 15, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian officials on Thursday halted search efforts a day after a school building collapsed in Lagos with an unknown number of children inside. The d...
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Governor election counting halted in southern Nigeria oil state
By Reuters,
1031, March 11, 2019 (EAT)
Counting in the vote to elect the governor of the oil-rich southern Nigerian state of Rivers was suspended on Sunday, the electoral commission said, f...
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Nigerians to elect powerful state governors
By Reuters,
1600, March 9, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian voters return to the polls on Saturday to elect powerful state governors, two weeks after Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term in a delayed...
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One year on, Africa free trade deal nears reality
By Reuters,
859, March 7, 2019 (EAT)
Almost a year after the formal launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the plan is inching toward the 22-country threshold needed ...
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