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DREAMS IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why Nigerians believe they will be the lucky ones to reach Europe... READ MORE›
NIGERIA SAY SOLDIERS ARRESTED OVER 400 PEOPLE LINKED TO BOKO HARAM
Nigeria say soldiers arrested over 400 people linked to Boko Haram... READ MORE›
BEYOND BOKO HARAMS REACH, LOVE AND FEMINISM FLOURISH
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Boko Haram kidnaps young women and girls, turns them into sex slaves and passes them around to its fighters like prizes... READ MORE›
DANGOTE FOUNDATION PARTNERS GLOBAL LEADERS TO FIGHT MALNUTRITION, PLEDGES $100M FOR NIGERIA
Aliko Dangote Only African on Bloomberg's '2017 50 Most Influential People'... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN COURT DROPS MOST CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI
A Code of Conduct Tribunal cleared the Senate president of the charges in June, saying the case against him lacked substance... READ MORE›
ENDLESS RAPE AS WAR REFUGE TURNS TO TERROR
They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigerias Security Forces... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S SENATE PASSES 2018-2020 BUDGET FRAMEWORK, RAISES OIL PRICE ESTIMATE
Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday in the capital, Abuja passed the government's medium-term expenditure framework for 2018-2020, raising its oil price assumption to 47 from 45 per barrel... READ MORE›
DEATHS AS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS HIT MARKET IN BIU
However, local officials believe the attacks had the signature of Boko Haram, he added... READ MORE›
AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WANT TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS MIRED IN LIBYAN SLAVE TRADE
Before Gaddafi's fall, Libya drew West African migrants who intended to stay there and work in its lucrative oil and agricultural industries... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: SHELL INVOLVED IN NIGERIA ABUSES IN 1990S
Amnesty International has obtained internal documents pointing to complicity by Royal Dutch Shell in crimes committed by the Nigerian military during the 1990s... READ MORE›
THE NIGERIAN WHO COMPOSED HYMNS FROM A LEPER COLONY
Ikoli Harcourt Whyte had lessons to teach Nigeria, Mr Achinivu said... READ MORE›
I'M THE FIRST AFRICAN TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD SOLO
Whilst many would have been satisfied with being an airline pilot, I was not done until I had achieved the dream I held for many years... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK TO OPEN NIGERIAN HUB NEXT YEAR IN AFRICAN TECH DRIVE
Last year Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg visited technology companies in Lagos and his charitable foundation provided 24 million to Andela, which trains developers... READ MORE›
NIGERIA MOSQUE TARGETED IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING
Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state had taken place farther to the north... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS WORSHIPPERS AT MOSQUE IN MUBI
Police said a teenage bomber targeted the mosque in the town of Mubi, Adamawa state, as people arrived for morning prayers on Tuesday... READ MORE›
BOMBING AT NIGERIA MOSQUE KILLS AT LEAST 50
Tuesday's attack was the first since Mubi town was liberated from Boko Haram insurgents in 2014... READ MORE›
NIGERIA POLICE SAY AT LEAST 50 KILLED IN MOSQUE BOMBING
There was no immediate comment Tuesday from Nigeria's government or military on the attack... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 40 IN NIGERIA SUICIDE BLAST
The attack early Tuesday was the first in the town since it was recaptured from Boko Haram three years ago... READ MORE›
TOGOLESE PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION
ACROSS AFRICA In this week's edition protests in Togo continue and hundreds are forced to cross the border into Ghana the Triplets Ghetto Kids show u..... READ MORE›
FOUR SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 18 IN MAIDUGURI
The first explosion on Wednesday evening took place at a prayer ground in the Muna Gari suburb of the regional capital, Maiduguri... READ MORE›
U.N.'S NO. 2, AMINA MOHAMMAD, ACCUSED IN CHINESE SCAM
CITES is scheduled to discuss the Nigerian rosewood exports to China at a meeting later this month in Geneva... READ MORE›
RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD
An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S BUHARI FIRES GOVT SECRETARY AND SPY CHIEF OVER CORRUPTION
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Monday was caught in one such light duty... READ MORE›
ART X LAGOS: DOZENS EXHIBIT WORK ROOTED IN REALITY
Artists from more than 60 African countries flock to Nigerian city and explore subjects from Boko Haram to beauty... READ MORE›
CAMEROON ANGLOPHONE CRISIS FORCES THOUSANDS TO FLEE INTO NIGERIA
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S GROWING TASTE FOR HAUTE CUISINE
This night market serves popular traditional Nigerian dishes in a relaxed and informal environment... READ MORE›
RUSSIA TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN NIGERIA
Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa's largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis... READ MORE›
NIGERIA AMONG MOST IMPROVED COUNTRIES IN WORLD BANK'S EASE OF DOING BUSINESS LIST
Nigeria was among the 10 economies showing the most notable improvement in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business list published on Tuesday... READ MORE›
A FARMER ARRIVED AT WSU WITH $6,000 TO HIS NAME. NOW HE'S WON $100,000 TO HELP FEED THE WORLD.
Six years ago, Adewale moved to Pullman with 6,000 in his pocket -- money he'd earned from the vegetable harvest at his farm in southwest Nigeria... READ MORE›
'I DIDN'T WANT MY MUM TO KNOW'
When police raided a gay nightspot in the back blocks of Lagos, the lives of 40 men and boys, some as young as 13, changed forever... READ MORE›
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62 CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM FREED
Nigerian government source tells Al Jazeera that 62 pupils seized by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 have been released... READ MORE›
NIGERIA SUMMONS INDIAN AMBASSADOR OVER STUDENT ATTACKS
Nigeria summoned the Indian ambassador to Abuja on Wednesday following violent mob attacks on Nigerian students in India, the country's state news agency reported... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS
Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE›
CHIBOK GIRLS IN HEALTH CHECKUPS BEFORE BUHARI MEETING
The Nigerian government said it was committed to securing the release of all hostages held by Boko Haram... READ MORE›
5 BOKO HARAM LEADERS WERE FREED IN EXCHANGE FOR 82 NIGERIAN GIRLS
USA TODAY Chibok schoolgirls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 7, 2017... READ MORE›
3 YEARS AFTER KIDNAPPING, MORE CHIBOK GIRLS RELEASED IN PRISONER DEAL WITH BOKO HARAM
3 years after kidnapping, more Chibok girls released in prisoner deal with Boko Haram... READ MORE›
AFRICA'S RICHEST MAN TO INVEST UP TO $50 BILLION IN U.S., EUROPE
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest 20 billion to 50 billion in the U.S. and Europe by 2025, in industries including renewable energy and petrochemicals... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM ATTACKS KILLED 400 SINCE APRIL
In neighbouring Cameroon, Amnesty said since April at least 158 civilians died in Boko Haram strikes, a figure four times higher than the preceding five months... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM USE OF CHILD BOMBERS SOARS
The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as human bombs has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM RELEASES VIDEO OF PURPORTED CHIBOK GIRLS
Boko Haram released a second video on Friday claiming to show five commanders that the Nigerian government freed in exchange for the 82 Chibok girls... READ MORE›
BUHARI RETURNS AFTER LENGTHY UK MEDICAL TREATMENT
President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7am on Monday, his office said... READ MORE›
MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADDRESSES NATION ON RETURN FROM UK
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation after spending more than three months in London for medical treatment... READ MORE›
MASS NIGERIAN ARRESTS FOR GAY SEX IN LAGOS STATE
Homosexuality, gay marriage, gay groups and displays of same-sex affection are all illegal in Nigeria... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50
There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›
CAN AFRICA LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM CATALONIA?
The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence... READ MORE›
'ALARMING' RISE IN BOKO HARAM CHILD SUICIDE BOMBERS
An alarming number of children in Africa, most of them girls, have been used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram in 2017, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM ATTACKS BLAMED FOR DEATHS IN NIGERIA, CHAD
Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE›
CHIBOK GIRLS REUNITED WITH PARENTS AFTER BEING RELEASED BY BOKO HARAM
The Chibok girls released by Boko Haram militants this month are reunited with their parents in the Nigerian capital Abuja... READ MORE›
AIDS EPIDEMIC: FOR 1ST TIME, OVER HALF TAKING HIV DRUGS
For 1st time, over half of people with HIV having treatment... READ MORE›
DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA
Suspected Boko Haram assault targets aid distribution point in Mashalari village in Nigeria's northeastern Konduga area... READ MORE›
SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS KILL 11 IN CAMEROON
Many people fled the village for a camp near Kolofata that houses thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence, he said... READ MORE›
SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM BOMBERS KILL DOZENS IN NIGERIA
Three suicide bombers detonate explosives near northeast city of Maiduguri in attacks bearing hallmark of Boko Haram... READ MORE›
THE GROWING HORROR IN A CITY WHERE 500 CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM
The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram... READ MORE›
NIGERIA SEIZES $21M LINKED TO DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE
A Nigerian court has seized 21m from bank accounts linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former oil minister who faces corruption allegations... READ MORE›
AFTER BOKO HARAM RELEASES NIGERIAN GIRLS, AN ANGUISHED WAIT FOR PARENTS
The American and British embassies recently issued a warning that Boko Haram intended to kidnap foreign workers in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›
INSTAGRAM COMEDIAN LANDS MILLION DOLLAR DEAL
I have been endorsed as the first ever Vomoz Communications Brand Ambassador, the Nigerian comedian announced on his personal social media account, Wednesday... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM KIDNAPS 22 GIRLS AND WOMEN IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in north-east Nigeria, residents and vigilantes said... READ MORE›
FOUR BRITISH MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA
Britons snatched by unidentified gunman in Nigeria's southern Delta state on 13 October, say police... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 'TO SELL NIGERIA PLANES' FOR BOKO HARAM FIGHT
Up to a dozen A-29 Super Tucano aircraft would be sold to Nigeria to help fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, unnamed US officials said... READ MORE›