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Cybersecurity
The company man: US glacial response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents
12:08
Fuels are not just for transportation in Nigeria, many people also use fuel to power their generators in order to get electricity at home and also run their businesses.
Business, Finance & Economics
Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy
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Belongings of Halima Ali Maiyanga and Maryam Ali Maiyanga, two of the young women kidnapped by Boko Haram in a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014.
Conflict & Justice
‘The Stolen Daughters of Chibok’: the impact of the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls 9 years on
A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.
Social media
Nigeria’s indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech
A man is shown bending over in the back of a delivery truck lifting a burlap bag.
COVID-19
How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
Malala
Culture
Malala calls for a ‘state of emergency for education’ in Nigeria
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.
Conflict
Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Global Politics
In Nigeria, many stayed up late for the drama, not the content of the US presidential debate
In a market in Abuja, a vendor named Abba shows me a puny tomato that was selling for 10 times the usual price. Some Nigerians have been calling tomatoes “Buhari’s gold,” after the president.
Development
How a tomato shortage has Nigerians questioning their reliance on oil
Nigerians are speculating that when President Muhammadu Buhari visits the White House on July 20th President Obama will try to persuade the African leader to repeal Nigeria's Same Sex Prohibition Law.
Culture
Nigerians fear Obama will push gay rights in the White House during meeting with nation’s new leader
A bus advertising an American visa lottery in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
Lifestyle
Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper
A girl and her mother rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest by Nigeria's military arrive at a camp for the displaced.
Conflict
An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity
A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters in support of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan along a road in Ikoyi district in Lagos.
Conflict
‘Digital thuggery’ comes to the forefront in Nigeria’s elections
Music
How a Chicago bluegrass band rocked Nigeria’s music scene
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Malala Yousafzai during trip to Nigeria July 2014
Conflict & Justice
Malala, the girl who survived a Taliban shooting, is in Nigeria to support its kidnapped girls
The #bringbackourgirls campaign continues to resonate globally. Students from an all-girls Catholic school in Manila wore masks last month in solidarity with the kidnapped African school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians still hope for a rescue of their kidnapped girls, even as abductions continue
Chibok girl's school uniforms from three of the kidnapped girls.
Conflict & Justice
These photos show the missing Nigerian girls as real people, as individuals
Chibok girl's school uniforms from three of the kidnapped girls.
Conflict & Justice
These photos show the missing Nigerian girls as real people, as individuals
Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on May 21, 2014. Rose is one of the more than 200 of her classmates on April 14 by Boko Hara
Conflict & Justice
US forces are helping Nigeria — but there are limits to what they’ll do
Nigerian parents
Conflict & Justice
Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
A woman holds a sign during a protest demanding the release of abducted school girls from the remote village of Chibok in northeast Nigeria.
Conflict & Justice
Nigeria is embarrassed by more kidnappings on the eve of hosting the World Economic Forum
Women react during a protest demanding security forces to search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians demand that their government do something to #BringBackOurGirls
Women react during a protest demanding security forces to search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians demand that their government do something to #BringBackOurGirls
Members of various civil society organizations (CSOs) protest against the delay in securing the release of the abducted schoolgirls who were kidnapped. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja on Wednesday called on security for
Conflict & Justice
In Nigeria, the girls who escaped Boko Haram are tormented by the thought of their friends and family who didn’t
Members of various civil society organizations (CSOs) protest against the delay in securing the release of the abducted schoolgirls who were kidnapped. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja on Wednesday called on security for
Conflict & Justice
In Nigeria, the girls who escaped Boko Haram are tormented by the thought of their friends and family who didn’t
These men wait outside a hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, for the release of the body of a loved who was killed in the bus station bombing.
Conflict & Justice
There’s fear in Nigeria’s capital after Boko Haram’s bus bombing
Conflict & Justice
Nigerian Army’s ‘Ruthless’ Tactics Fail to Crush Islamic Militants
Global Politics
Zimbabwe’s Capital on the Move
Radical Islamic Group Launches Deadly Attacks in Nigeria
Lifestyle & Belief
Car Bomb Hits UN Headquarters in Nigeria
Top of the Hour: Bomb Attack in Nigeria, Morning Headlines
Global Politics
Ethnic violence strikes Nigeria
Global Politics
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