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Nigeria appoints new army chief
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appointed a new chief of army staff on Thursday after the previous top-ranking commander and 10 other officers died in a...
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Nigeria's Buhari relieved to have kidnapped schoolboys returned safely
The 344 boys are currently being moved to a hospital for medical examination and further debriefing before they will be allowed to reunite with their parents.
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UN's Guterres condemns abuction of over 300 schoolboys from Nigerian school
The UN secretary-general on Monday issued a statement calling for the 'immediate and unconditional' release of the students who were taking from the boarding school on Friday night.
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Police patrol Nigeria's Lagos after president warns protesters
President Muhammadu Buhari warned demonstrators in a televised address on Thursday not to "undermine national security" as he called for an end to widespread protests gripping Africa's most populous country.
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Nigeria leader warns protesters against 'undermining national security'
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to those taking part in widespread demonstrations to 'resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos'.
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Nigeria leader urges 'healing' as country turns 60
Africa's most populous nation is holding scaled-down celebrations due to the coronavirus pandemic to commemorate six decades since it gained self-rule from Britain in 1960.
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Nigeria eases visa rules for Africans
The goal is to become the world's largest free trade zone by cutting trade tariffs and barriers for 1.2 billion people.
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Amnesty urges Nigeria to stop torture by security forces
In a statement marking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty said it continued to receive regular reports of torture and other human rights abuses in military and police custody.
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5 years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing
On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.
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Nigerian election's early tally puts Buhari ahead; opposition rejects it
Saturday’s election, which US observers said had lost some credibility after being abruptly delayed by a week by officials citing organisational glitches, was expected to be Nigeria’s tightest since the end of military rule two decades ago.
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Nigerian candidate's US visit was temporary reprieve from graft ban
For Atiku’s supporters, the fact he was able to visit Washington on 17 and 18 January without being arrested was proof that the allegations were baseless.
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'Bandits' kill 26 in Zamfara state, NW Nigeria - police
The attacks happened late Monday in six neighbouring villages - Wonaka, Ajja, Mada, Ruwan Baure, Doka, Takoka, and Tudun Maijatau - in the state's Mada area.
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Nigeria's top female presidential hopeful quits race
Polls to elect a new president and parliament take place on 16 February, while governorship and state assembly elections take place two weeks later.
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Corruption takes centre stage in Nigerian election campaign
Muhammadu Buhari, an austere and pious former general, will take on wealthy former vice-president Atiku Abubakar at the polls on 16 February.
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Curfew declared in Nigerian city after deadly sectarian violence
Kaduna state is where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south, and has seen previous bouts of sectarian violence.
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Nigeria's president Buhari says he will travel to Britain to see doctor
He spent five months in Britain last year for treatment for an unspecified illness, an absence that prompted many to question his fitness to run a country that is Africa’s top oil producer and one of its biggest economies.
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Nigerian lawmakers invite Buhari to discuss communal killings
The motion in the lower house called for the president to appear to discuss the situation in Benue, where the highest-profile killings have taken place.
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Violence in Nigeria's swing states could cost Buhari votes
The 75-year-old former military ruler declared this week that he would seek another term, ending months of speculation about his future after bouts of ill health.
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Nigeria's Buhari wants to run again in 2019 elections – presidency
The 75-year-old spent much of last year in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment, triggering accusations by opposition groups and other critics that he was unfit for office.
