Nigeria
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Jihadists In Nigeria Turn To TikTok To Spread Propaganda
Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging — and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters. At least 100 people were killed in the new…
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None Spared In Nigeria Gun, Machete Massacre: Survivors
People were hacked to death with machetes. Gunfire erupted everywhere, seemingly at random. No one was spared, including a nine-month-old baby. Two attacks in as many weeks in Nigeria’s Plateau…
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Intercommunal Violence Kills Dozens In Central Nigeria
Suspected intercommunal violence in Nigeria’s north-central Plateau state earlier this week has killed more than 40 people, officials told AFP on Friday. Attackers struck multiple villages Wednesday in the religiously…
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In Nigeria, Tech Workers And Farmers Bring AI To The Fields
With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and even the pH of the soil. Backed…
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Nigeria Seeks To Cash In On Soaring Cocoa Prices
Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana, where crops have been…
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Binance Faces $81.5 Billion Lawsuit In Nigeria Over Alleged Economic Harm: Report
KEY POINTS Nigeria reportedly claimed in a Wednesday lawsuit that Binance’s business hurt the naira The country also wants Binance to pay a 26.75% interest rate on its alleged unpaid…
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Jihadists Kill At Least 40 Farmers In Northeast Nigeria
Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic…
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Glitzy Calabar Carnival Wraps Up Tough Year In Nigeria
Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one of west Africa’s most prestigious carnivals.…
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Nigeria School Fair Stampede Kills 35 Children
A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has killed 35 children and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday. The injured children were…
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Nearly 800 People, Including Foreign Nationals, Arrested in Nigeria in Massive Crackdown on Crypto Romance Scam
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has arrested 792 suspects in connection with a large-scale fraud operation. The suspects allegedly used romance scams and fake cryptocurrency investments to defraud victims globally. X The…
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Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles Gain Slow Momentum In Nigeria
Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometres across Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas. He is among the few Nigerians who…
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India And Nigeria Renew Ties As Modi Visits
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu met Sunday to renew what they call the “strategic partnership” between two major nations of Asia and Africa. Nigeria’s capital…
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Binance compliance chief denied bail in Nigeria money laundering case
BINANCE’S head of financial compliance was denied bail for a second time on Friday (Oct 11) as his trial on money laundering charges started in Nigeria, with a judge ruling…
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Nigeria Government Reassures Public Of Sufficient Petrol Supply Amidst Fuel Price Concerns
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri has warned the public against panic buying of petrol, assuring them there was enough for everyone in the country. Lokpobiri took to…
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‘I’m Not Okay!’ Crypto Outrage Over Treatment Of Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan In Nigeria
KEY POINTS Gambaryan is seen walking with a crutch as he dragged his left leg on the way to court A Nigerian prison guard refused Gambaryan’s request for assistance in…
