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Nigerian governor appoints aide to divorced women
Governor Bala Mohammed in Nigeria’s Bauchi state has sent tongues wagging after appointing an aide for divorcees. There was public…
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Nigeria’s Lagos mosques reopen
Muslims in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, will hold their Friday prayers in mosques for the first time in nearly four…
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Nigeria Boko Haram: Governor says battle against militants being sabotaged
A governor in north-east Nigeria has suggested efforts to defeat jihadist group Boko Haram are being undermined by elements of…
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Herbalist, four others arrested for alleged robbery
The police in Ogun state have arrested a herbalist and four others for allegedly carrying out robbery attacks in Osiele…
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UN ‘horrified’ by killing of five aid workers in Nigeria
The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown…
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PHOTOS: Tanker explosion kills dozens in Nigeria
A tanker explosion which reportedly happened near Koko junction section of the Benin/Sapele Expressway, Ethiope West Council area of Delta…
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Over 20 Nigerian soldiers killed by bandits in northern Katsina State
At least 23 soldiers have been killed in an ambush in northwestern Nigeria. Armed militants opened fire on the soldiers…
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‘Nigerian police rescue tortured students’
Police have freed 15 children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria where they were kept in chains and tortured,…
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Repentant Nigerian bandits offered cows for AK-47s
Repentant bandits in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara are being offered two cows for every AK-47 they surrender. It is…
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One dies, six rescued as three-storey building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
One person was confirmed dead while six others were rescued alive, weekend, underneath the rubbles of a three-storey building which…
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