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Bus accident claims 8 lives in east Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and another severely injured after a bus lost one of its tyres in motion and somersaulted several times on a highway in Nigeria's eastern state of Taraba, said the police on Friday.
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Nigerian govt ends 7-month suspension of Twitter
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 13 (ANI/Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government on Wednesday ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after it halted the operation of the California-based microblogging platform in Africa's most populous country.
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ECOWAS planning Extraordinary Summit on Mali next Sunday: Commission
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Mali on January 9, the ECOWAS Commission informs.
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Nigeria declares fourth COVID-19 wave
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave, health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections.
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Death toll from village attacks in northern Nigeria climbs to 38
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the attack on several villages in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna has increased to 38, Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said on Sunday.
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Nigerian state lawmaker shot dead
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A state lawmaker of north Nigeria's Kaduna state was shot dead by gunmen on Monday on a highway in the state, a local official said on Wednesday.
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2 killed, 12 injured as truck rams into bus stop in Nigeria's economic hub
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria] December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two persons were killed and 12 others injured when a truck rammed into a bus stop in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, Tuesday afternoon, local police said.
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South African leader faults imposed travel ban by Western countries follow
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria] December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday faulted the travel ban imposed on his country and sister African nations by some Western countries in the aftermath of the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 by South African scie
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Death toll from NW Nigeria attacks rises to 43
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from attacks by armed bandits on villages across two local government areas in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto earlier this week has risen to 43, the office of the state governor said on Thursday.
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4 killed, 5 injured after building collapse in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A building under construction has collapsed in the Nigerian town of Magbon, near the city of Lagos, leaving four people dead and five more injured, media reported.
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5 burned to death in petrol tanker crash in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Five road passengers were burned to death after a petrol tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision with a moving truck in southwest Nigeria early Wednesday, local authorities said.
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Over 3,000 inmates yet to be recaptured after jailbreaks in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government said on Thursday that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the most populous African country.
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