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Nigerians vote for new president in closely fought election
Nigerians vote on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race dominated by three political…
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Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers resign to run in 2023 polls
Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers, including the junior petroleum minister, have resigned to run in next year’s election, the information minister…
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Nigeria MPs want promptly named cabinets to avoid policy delays
Nigerian lawmakers plan to amend the constitution to compel a new president to nominate the cabinet within a month of…
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Nigeria is working on COVID-19 vaccine, President says
Nigeria is working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the…
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Nigeria aims to boost oil output in 2022
Nigeria said it aims to produce 1.88 million barrels per day of crude oil next year and the budget will…
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Nigerian army chief killed in airplane crash
Nigeria’s army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna, officials…
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Reasons why Boko Haram have not been defeated
The phrase that Nigerian militant group Boko Haram had been “technically defeated” is ringing increasingly hollow. Seven months into his…
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30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria
Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria’s Niger state, an emergency official told AFP Monday. Local…
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Outrage in Nigeria over President Muhammadu Buhari’s London medical trips
Critics of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari have launched an outcry after he flew to London for a medical visit, highlighting…
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President Muhammadu Buhari calls for Nigerians to follow his vaccine lead
President Muhammadu Buhari had his first Covid-19 vaccine shot on Saturday, part of a bid to boost public confidence as…
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Nigerian president expresses overwhelming joy over the release of kidnapped schoolgirls
The Nigerian President says they are working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping.…
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Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girls
Relatives of more than 300 girls abducted by gunmen from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria endured an agonising wait…
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Nigeria’s president calls for calm after clashes in southwest Oyo state
Clashes between traders from the Yoruba and Hausa ethnic groups broke out on Saturday at Shasha market in Ibadan, the…
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Nigeria MPs invite President Muhammadu Buhari to give massacre briefing
Nigerian MPs have summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of at least 43 farmers in north-east Borno State,…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari calls for equal access to Covid-19 vaccine globally
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the equal distribution and access globally of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine which American…
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Nigerian behind fake Buhari wedding video charged
A Nigerian man accused of creating and sharing a fake video of President Muhammadu Buhari marrying one of his female…
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Nigerian President Buhari’s daughter out of Covid-19 isolation
President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter who had been in a 14-day self-isolation following her return from London was reunited with her…
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Buhari’s visit helps heal xenophobia rifts
The visit was of strategic importance to both countries and would help bolster multilateralism over unilateralism, a political analyst said.…
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Buhari visits SA after xenophobic violence
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari heads to South Africa on Wednesday for a state visit after an outburst of xenophobic violence…
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Nigerian president urged to sign African trade deal
A special government panel has recommended that President Muhammadu Buhari sign Nigeria up for a landmark African free trade agreement,…
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Nigeria’s First Lady urges Africans to listen to Malema’s advice to Ramaphosa
Nigerians have, however, told the First Lady to show Malema’s video to her husband. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha,…
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President of Nigeria, Buhari increases minimum wage by two-thirds
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed into law an increase by two-thirds to the minimum wage in Africa’s most…
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#NigeriaDecides: Everything you need to know about the 2019 elections
Nigeria’s elections were postponed by a week to February 23 just five hours before polling units were set to open…
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Buhari’s ruling party hold emergency meeting over election delay
President Muhammadu Buhari was meeting with senior members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Monday over the…
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First lady imposter arrested in Nigeria
The secret service said Amina Mohammed initially posed as Kogi state’s first lady to gain entry to the presidential villa…
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Nigeria tightens screw on corruption with new order
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared a “national emergency on corruption”, as he signed a new executive order to freeze…
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Here is What US Secretary of State told Buhari about Nigeria
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Thursday called President Muhammadu Buhari and reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between the…
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