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At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday (September 14, 2024). A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morning. Local…
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A man holds a Russian flag, as Nigerians protest in the streets during anti-government demonstrations against bad governance and economic hardship, in Kaduna state. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 21 protesters during a week of economic hardship rallies, the national head of the rights group…
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Personnel stand around the debris of a Saurya Airlines’ plane after it crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH MATHEMA Data shows that Nepal belongs to a set of countries where air traffic is relatively low but fatalities are relatively high. On Thursday, Nepalese authorities recovered the black box of…
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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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…
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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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…
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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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 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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