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Nigerian Information Minister Says Ban On Twitter To Be Lifted Very Soon
The Nigerian government on Wednesday said the Twitter ban in the country could be lifted in a few days as…
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Nigeria: Bandits Set Free 15 Baptist Students After Parents Pay Ransom Money
Bandits have reportedly set free 15 students, who were kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria. According…
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Nigerian Gov’t Begins Second Phase Of COVID-19 Vaccination With Moderna Vaccine
Nigerian health workers began to vaccinate people with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country aims to protect…
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OCHA Expresses Concern Over Deteriorating Food Situation In Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday expressed concern about the deteriorating food situation…
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Nigerian Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Over Delayed Salaries, Insurance Benefits
The Nigerian National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday began an indefinite strike over delayed payment of salaries and…
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Nigerian Government Receives Four Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From US
The Nigerian government on Sunday received four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, as the…
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Nigerian Government Put Six States On Red Alert As COVID-19 Cases Continue To Increase
The Nigerian government has put six states on red alert due to a recent spike in the number of COVID-19…
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Nigerian Government To Receive Millions Of Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine From COVAX
The Nigerian government is expecting to receive about 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech COVID-19 vaccine in donation from the United…
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Nigeria: Armed Bandits Kidnap Nearly 150 Students From Kaduna Boarding School
Armed bandits abducted nearly 150 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria on Monday, the latest in a wave…
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Nigerian Government Adds South Africa To Its COVID-19 Red List For Travellers
The Nigerian government on Monday added South Africa to its red list of countries for which there are stringent restrictions…
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Twitter Deletes Nigerian President Buhari’s Tweet Prompting Government Outrage
Twitter has deleted Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial tweet in which he threatened to punish those blamed for escalating attacks…
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Nigerian President Mourns Death Of Army Chief, 10 Others Killed In Plane Crash
Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers were killed in a plane crash in…
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Vows To Take Strict Action Against Bandits
The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to take strict action against bandits who are a threat to the…
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Nigerian Government Decides To Delay Local Production Of COVID-19 Vaccine
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it has decided to delay the production of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country…
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Nigerian Government Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions To Curb Spread
Nigerian government on Monday announced a slew of new COVID-19 restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to surge in some countries,…
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Nigerian Government Bans Travellers From India, Brazil, Turkey Over COVID-19 Fears
Nigerian health authorities on Sunday announced the government has decided to ban entry to non-Nigerian passengers who traveled to India,…
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German Authorities To Handover Hundreds Of Looted Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
German authorities on Friday announced the government has decided to return hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes to…
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Nigerian President Buhari Urges U.S. To Relocate AFRICOM Headquarters To Africa
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested the United States to consider relocating the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Germany…
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UNHCR Says About 80% Of Nigerian Town Flees After Three Attacks In A Week
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday said about 65,000 people fled Nigeria’s northeastern town of Damasak following continued…
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Nigeria: Scientists Develop Two Vaccines To Combat COVID-19 In Scientific Breakthrough
Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday announced the country’s scientists have developed two COVID-19 vaccines, reported CGTN Africa.…
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UNICEF Says One-Third Of Nigerian Children Do Not Have Access To Enough Water
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF on Monday said nearly one-third of Nigerian children do not have access to enough…
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Nigeria Receives First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine Through COVAX Initiative
Nigeria on Tuesday received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the third country in Africa to get the vaccines…
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Nigeria: All 279 Abducted Schoolgirls Freed, Released To Zamfara Government
The hundreds of teenage girls abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Jangebe region last Friday have been released are…
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Nigerian President Buhari Condemns Kidnapping Of Over 300 Schoolgirls By Bandits
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday strongly condemned the abduction of more than 300 teenage girls from the Government Girls…
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Nigeria: Health Authorities Conduct Over 14 Million Coronavirus Tests So Far
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced the country’s health authorities have conducted over 1,489,103 COVID-19 tests since…
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