Happy reunion marred by gunfire as Nigerian schoolgirls come homeBy Lekan OyekanmiThe Associated PressJANGEBE, Nigeria — Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country's northwest have been returned to their families amid chaos as security forces opened fire on a gathering outside the school where the reunions were held Wedn....
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Curfew in Nigerian town of abducted schoolgirlsKano, Nigeria, March 4 – A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in a northwestern Nigerian town and its market shut after violence marred the reunion of nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls with their parents, local residents said Thursday. The girls were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen....
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Nigeria's 'Milkmaid' Inspired by Kidnapping of Chikbok SchoolgirlsEven though Nigeria has a flourishing film industry called Nollywood, 2020 was the first year that the country entered Oscar’s international film race. Nigeria had submitted a film the previous year, but it was deemed ineligible. This year, the country pinned its hopes on "The Milkmaid," writt....
Nigerian sculptor transforms coconut shells into artNigerian artist, Nathaniel Hodonu is cutting coconut shells and shaping them into leaf-shaped designs for his latest art project in Nigeria's megacity, Lagos.
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UNICEF to support released schoolgirls in Nigeria The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that it will provide psychosocial support to the released schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara and their families.....
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Pakistan to get 10m doses of vaccine under CovaxGENEVA: Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free Covid-19 vaccines before June — more than 10 million doses each — the Covax scheme announced on Tuesday.
Some 238.2 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May, in a major acceleratio....
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'Crying and moving': Nigerian schoolgirls recount forced march kidnap ordealGunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped last week from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, officials said on Tuesday, and victims told of how their abductors had beaten and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity.....
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Surging Nigeria violence sends thousands fleeing to Niger: UNGeneva, Switzerland, March 1 – The United Nations warned Tuesday that bloodshed in northwestern Nigeria was fuelling an exodus into neighbouring Niger, where violence was also rising. The UN Refugee Agency said fear of armed groups and communal clashes in Nigeria had sent nearly 7,700 Nigeria....
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Nigeria receives 4 million Covax vaccinesABUJA, Nigeria Mar 2 – A shipment of 3.94 million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday, making Africa’s most populous nation the world’s third country to receive vaccines under Covax, a global scheme to provide free inoculations, an AFP journalist saw. The Oxford/AstraZen....
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Nigeria's boarding schools have become a hunting ground for kidnappersWhen nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from their boarding school by the Islamic group Boko Haram in 2014, the world exploded in outrage. Hundreds marched in the country's capital, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls was picked up by then first lady Michelle Obama and Nigeria's president scr....
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Hundreds of girls abducted from Nigerian school are freed, official saysMore than 300 girls who were abducted last week from their school in Nigeria by a group of armed men have been released, a local official said Tuesday, the second time in less than a week that gunmen have returned kidnapped schoolchildren in the country.....
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All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released: governorGusau, Nigeria, March 2 – All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor told AFP Tuesday. Nigeria has been rocked by four mass abductions of students in less than three months, sparking widespread a....
Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girlsRelatives of more than 300 girls abducted by gunmen from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria endured an agonising wait for news amid rumours that they had been released, while security forces continued their search on Sunday.....
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Nigerian families await news of 300 kidnapped schoolgirlsJANGEBE, Nigeria (AP) — Families in Nigeria waited anxiously for news of their abducted daughters after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by gunmen from a government school in the country's north last week, the latest in a series of mass school kidnappings in the West African nation.
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Pope prays for liberation of 317 kidnapped Nigerian studentsVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried the kidnapping of 317 students from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria and prayed for the girls' quick release.
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Students abducted from Nigerian school two weeks ago freedStudents, teachers and relatives abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed.The students, teachers and family members were abducted by gunmen on February 17 from the Government Science College Kagara.Niger.......
42 people including students abducted last week in Nigeria releasedAt least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu, told CNN Saturday.....
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Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freedLagos, Nigeria, Feb 27 – Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after more than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in the northwest. “The abducted students, staff and relatives....
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abductionGunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.Police and the military have begun joint operations to.......
Kidnappers abduct hundreds of schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria as security deterioratesUnidentified gunmen kidnapped a number of schoolgirls, estimated to be more than 300, from the town of Jangebe in northwest Nigeria early on Friday, the second such kidnapping in little over a week.
"Unknown gunmen came shooting sporadically and took the girls away" in a midnight raid on the Jang....
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abductionLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say.
The Government Secondary Jangebe School in Zamfara state was the scene of the latest mass abduction of school children in northern Nigeria.
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New mass abduction at Nigeria school, hundreds missingKano, Nigeria, Feb 26 – Several hundreds girls are missing after a raid by suspected armed bandits on a school hostel in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria, a teacher and parent told AFP on Friday, in what would be the latest mass kidnapping in the troubled region. Heavily-armed criminal gangs in nor....
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Gunmen kill 36 in attacks on two northern Nigerian statesGunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most populous nation, officials and residents said.....
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Gangs kill 18 villagers in northern NigeriaKano, Nigeria, Feb 25 – Gangs of thieves have killed 18 people in several attacks in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the government said Thursday. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed into several villages in Igabi and Chikun districts of Kaduna state on Tuesday and Wednesday, shooting reside....
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Nigerian president appeals for unity after ethnic clashesAbuja, Nigeria, Feb 15 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to protect all religious and ethnic groups in the country after deadly clashes erupted between different communities at a market in the southwest over the weekend. Long-standing rivalry over access to land and resources be....
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Dentsu International partners with Malaria No More UK to 'draw the line against malaria'Dentsu international has partnered with global NGO Malaria No More UK to launch 'Draw The Line Against Malaria', a star-studded creative campaign that invites young people from across Africa and the globe to join the movement to end the world's oldest deadliest disease. The global integrated campaig....
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5 Ways to enter the Oil and Gas space in Africa5 Ways to enter the oil and gas space in Africa Nigeria has over $48 Billion worth of oil and gas projects, affectionately called an investors haven, from the $10 Billion #NLNG #Train7 project to the $12 Billion #DangoteRefinery in Nigeria.
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Defence minister tells Nigerians not to "be cowards" when facing gunmenNigeria's defence minister prompted criticism on Thursday for urging Nigerians not to "be cowards" and to stand up to armed bandits, while security forces embarked on a mission to rescue 42 people kidnapped from a boarding school this week.....
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Facebook Extends Climate Science Information Center to More CountriesThe Climate Science Information Center Facebook introduced last September in France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. is being expanded to more countries and fortified with more features. Facebook said in a Newsroom post Thursday that the Climate Science Information Center was rolled out to Belgium, B....
Gunmen kill student, kidnap 27 in attack on Nigerian schoolUnidentified gunmen killed a student in an overnight attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria on Wednesday, witnesses said, and the regional government said 27 others including some staff and relatives were kidnapped.....
China welcomes appointment of new WTO chiefThe 164 members of the WTO agreed on Monday to appoint Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and a former finance minister of Nigeria, as its next director-general, the WTO said in a news release.....
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WTO appoints Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new director-generalThe 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday agreed to appoint Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister of Nigeria, as the next director-general, said the WTO in a press release.....
