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Nigeria: Suicide bomb attack kills 27, wounds over 80

August 16, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Suicide bombers on Tuesday killed at least 27 people and wounded 83 in northeast Nigeria, local media reported. A suspected Boko Haram woman bomber blew […]

Nigeria: Trump Okays sale of high-tech attack planes

August 4, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United States President Donald Trump has given the go-ahead for the sale of military planes to Nigeria to aid in the fight against Islamist […]

Nigeria pleads Dangote to speed work on private refinery

August 2, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu on Tuesday begs Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, to speed work on his private oil refinery […]

Nigeria scores world’s highest number of out-of-school children

August 1, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In Nigeria, an estimated 10.5 million children are not going to school, scoring the world’s highest number of out-of-school children, Africanews portal reports. With children […]

Nigeria releases first photo of Buhari in UK after almost 80 days

July 24, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

Nigeria presidency on Sunday, released a photograph of ailing President Muhammadu Buhari, the first in almost three months after the 74-year-old ex-military general was flown […]

Nigeria: Etisalat changes brand into 9mobile

July 19, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

Nigeria’s telecommunication company Etisalat Nigeria announced Tuesday it was changing its name, to become 9mobile, reports say. Etisalat Nigeria is the country’s fourth largest telecom […]

Boko Haram Strikes again in Borno State

July 17, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The terror group Boko Haram has apparently stricken again in the Nigerian Borno State on Monday killing eight persons and injuring eighteen. The terror attack […]

Nigeria: IDP camps recorded 3,000 births in recent months

July 5, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in northeastern Nigerian state of Borno have recorded 3,000 births in the last 6 months, the state’s Emergency Management Agency […]