NIGERIA
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Crime Africa
US blocks Nigerian’s cryptocurrency fraud, imposes $50,000 fine
The Kansas Attorney General’s Office successfully thwarted an attempt by Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, to defraud a Kansas…
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News Africa
Nigeria’s central bank auctions US dollar as exchange rate hits ‘boiling point’
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a new move to buy the naira and sell the US dollar…
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 37 in Nigeria attack
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and set…
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News Africa
Why Nigeria’s ‘Mr Flag Man’ has waited a year to be buried
The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told the BBC they have given up waiting for…
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News Africa
Gridlock in Nigeria amid fuel shortages and price hikes
Nigerians have been hit by a double whammy of chronic fuel shortages and a hike in prices by the state-owned…
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News Africa
Floods in Nigeria kill at least 49, displace thousands
At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast…
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International sports
Nigeria’s Olympic cyclist thanks German team for bike loan
Nigeria’s first ever Olympic cyclist has praised the German team for giving her a bike to compete with in the…
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GENERAL NEWS
Nigeria, Australia and several other countries warn about travel to UK amid riots
Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a…
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News Africa
At least 3 killed in Nigeria at protests over high cost of living
At least three protesters were killed in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Thursday, Reuters reporters and eyewitnesses said, as demonstrators rallied…
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News Africa
Shots fired as Nigeria cracks down on ‘hunger’ protests
Nigerian police have fired live bullets and tear gas to try and disperse thousands of protesters in the northern city…
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