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Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she...

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Eight Killed In Nigeria Suicide Bombing

Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast...

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Toll Hits 19 From Nigeria Suicide Attacks

Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri,...

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Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram

A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,...

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Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria

At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...

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Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless

Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri,...

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Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees

An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...

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Nigerian Widows Seek To Sue Shell In Dutch Courts

Four Nigerian women are taking legal action in the Dutch courts against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell accusing it of...

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Nigerian University Builds Trench To Stop Boko Haram Attacks

Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to...

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Nine Dead As 7 Suicide Bombers Hit NE Nigeria

Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where...

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The Worst Oil Tanker Fires Around the World

At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in central Pakistan early Sunday when a fire erupted after crowds...

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Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay

Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from...

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Five Killed In Boko Haram Mine Blast, Ambush

Five people have been killed in a landmine explosion and a roadside ambush in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram ,...

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‘Deadly Ambush On 200-Vehicle’ Convoy In Nigeria

Suspected militant Islamists have ambushed a convoy of about 200 vehicles on a major highway in north-eastern Nigeria,...

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‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered

Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been...

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‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered

Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been...

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Rivers APC Could Be Ruined By Ameachi, Abe Crisis

A Chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has warned that if nothing is done...

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Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?

In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast...

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Heavy Downpour Sinks Kano Town of Gwarzo

Not less than 100 houses have been submerged and destroyed on Tuesday following a heavy downpour in Gwarzo local...