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Fires burn in Lagos after Nigerian soldiers shoot anti-police protesters
LAGOS: Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos and several states were under curfews on Wednesday as unrest rooted in anti-police protests broke out again following a day of violence, including the shooting of civilians by security forces. Fires burned across Lagos and
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Nigeria to begin ‘phased and gradual’ easing of lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja
LAGOS: Nigeria will begin a “phased and gradual” easing of more than four weeks of lockdowns in the national capital and the largest city on May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an address on Monday. Lagos and Ogun states
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The financial blow of the Coronavirus on businesses and events
PUCHONG: Government should take immediate action as most of the businesses are facing a huge loss due to COVID-19, said My Events International Founder/president, Shahul Hameed Dawood. As events are cancelled because of COVID-19, event planning industry takes hit as
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Facebook,Twitter remove Russia-linked fake accounts
UNITED STATES: Facebook and Twitter said yesterday, they had taken down a network of Russian-linked fake accounts operated out of Ghana and Nigeria which targeted US. Facebook told reporters that the network, which it removed from Facebook and Instagram for
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Nigerian Islamist militants free three aid workers, other civilian hostages
Islamist militants released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, a United Nations official said today. The people were kidnapped on Dec. 22 by militants posing as soldiers who stopped
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Militant attack in Nigerian town kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 residents
About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said yesterday. The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy
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Nigeria: M’sia should invest in our mineral,mining sector
PUCHONG: Nigeria Mines and Steel Development Minister, Olamilekan Adegbite said mineral and mining sector in that country is still largely underdeveloped and he is looking for investment to develop the sector. With that in mind, a delegation from Nigeria Mining
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Nigerian police rescue 67 from ‘inhuman’ conditions at Islamic ‘school’
Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatments.” The raid in Katsina, the northwestern home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, came
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Norway too strong for Nigeria at Women’s World Cup
Former champions Norway kicked off their Women’s World Cup campaign with a routine 3-0 victory over Nigeria, despite the absence of Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg. Guro Reiten’s deflected shot gave the 1995 winners the lead on 17 minutes in Reims
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Dozens killed in Nigerian violence flareup
WARRI, NIGERIA: Dozens of people have been killed in a flareup of violence in three Nigerian regions, security officials and local sources said Tuesday. In the southeastern state of Rivers, eight people were killed early Monday when armed men attacked
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