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Over 100 Inmates Escape After Rain Damages Nigerian Prison In Suleja

April 26, 2024 admin

The rain damaged parts of Suleja’s medium-security prison Abuja: At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said. The downpour, which last several hours, wrecked parts of the medium-security prison, including the perimeter wall and surrounding buildings,…

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Nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in northwest Nigeria freed after over two weeks in captivity

March 24, 2024 admin

Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria on March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren were released on March 24, local officials said on March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in…

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Nigerian man has a lucky escape during kidnap bid

March 21, 2024 admin

The raid on the village in Kaduna States in Nigeria came weeks after around 280 students were abducted from a school in the State. | Photo Credit: AP Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-be kidnapper told him to lie…

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Gunmen kidnap 300 students in northwest Nigeria. Two days later, some have lost hope of finding them

March 10, 2024 admin

Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. It has been more than two days after her children — ages 7 to 18 — went to school in the remote town…

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Four police officers among six dead in Nigerian attack

March 10, 2024 admin

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is grappling with violence by armed groups in the northwest, known locally as “bandits”, and jihadist insurgents in the northeast. | Photo Credit: AFP Armed men accused of belonging to a separatist group killed six people, including four police officers, in southeastern Nigeria’s Ebonyi state, police said on March 9. The…

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Nigeria’s paramilitary raids birthday party for gay people, 76 arrested

October 23, 2023 admin

Seventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country’s paramilitary agency said on October 23, adding that the organiser had also planned to hold a same-sex wedding, which is illegal. These are the latest arrests targeting LGBTQ Nigerians after police in August raided a gay wedding in…

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Nigerian President To Attend G20 Summit In Delhi, To Meet Business Leaders

September 4, 2023 admin

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is all set to visit Delhi to attend the G20 summit. New Delhi: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is all set to visit Delhi to attend the G20 summit, scheduled to take place on September 9 and 10. According to an official statement released by Special Adviser to the President Chief Ajuri…

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Nigeria’s Tinubu to attend G20 summit to promote investment

September 2, 2023 admin

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu plans to attend the G20 summit in India to try to promote foreign investment in Africa’s largest economy and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, his spokesman said on Friday. Mr. Tinubu has embarked on the country’s boldest reforms in decades, which…

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