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Nigerian Senate Leader Acquitted In Graft Case

The leader of Nigeria's Senate was on Wednesday cleared of corruption charges, ending of one of the most high-profile...

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Anti-Corruption Groups Raise Red Flag Over Nigeria Refinery Deal

Anti-corruption associations on Monday threatened to take the Nigerian government to court in connection with a...

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Nigeria Seizes $43 Million Cash Stash In Lagos House

Nigeria's anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a...

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Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences

Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...

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Nigeria’s Senate Blocks Appointment of Anti-Graft Chief

Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday rejected the appointment of President Muhammadu Buhari's nominee to head the country's...

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Absent Nigerian President Buhari ‘healthy’, Says Senate Leader

The leader of Nigeria's Senate on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari was well after visiting him in London,...

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Top Nigeria Muslim Cleric Rejects Equality Bill

Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men...

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Top Nigeria Muslim Cleric Rejects Equality Bill

Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men...

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Sultan of Sokoto Rejects Gender Equality Bill

Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men...

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Forgery Charges Dropped Against Nigeria’s Senate Leader

A court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has dropped charges against the leader of Nigeria's senate, Bukola Saraki,...