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20 Nigerian students abducted by gunmen in an ambush in the north
4 months, 4 weeks ago

20 Nigerian students abducted by gunmen in an ambush in the north

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 20 Nigerian university students were abducted by gunmen who ambushed their vehicles in the country’s north central region, police said Friday. The students were traveling to the south for a conference of medical students when they were ambushed in Benue state on Thursday evening, according to Benue police spokesperson Catherine Anene. Such kidnappings have become …

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Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict
2 years, 11 months ago

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict

Associated Press  

AGATU, Nigeria — It’s 2 p.m. and Hannah Mgbede asks her husband if she can take her first break of the day from threshing rice so she can breastfeed their 18-month-old baby girl fastened to her back during the grueling work. “Since the crisis, it is only by the grace of God we are feeding to remain alive.” Here in …

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Unsafe and uncertain: Inside Nigeria’s mandatory youth corps
3 years, 3 months ago

Unsafe and uncertain: Inside Nigeria’s mandatory youth corps

Al Jazeera  

The one-year compulsory programme for university graduates has been criticised for endangering members by sending them to areas where insecurity is rife and using them as cheap labour, while doing little to improve their job prospects. “NYSC does not post corps members to insecure states; there is a synergy between the scheme and security agencies and corps members are posted …

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50 dead in suspected cholera outbreak in Nigeria
3 years, 9 months ago

50 dead in suspected cholera outbreak in Nigeria

India TV News  

At least 50 people have been killed in a suspected cholera outbreak this year in Nigeria, local health authorities confirmed. Some eight states across the country had reported the suspected cholera outbreak, Xinhua news agency quoted the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, which is currently monitoring the situation and coordinating the national response, as saying on Tuesday. "As of March …

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At least 45 killed, over 100 injured in fuel tanker blast in Nigeria
5 years, 6 months ago

At least 45 killed, over 100 injured in fuel tanker blast in Nigeria

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahumbe: At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 injured in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker crashed off the road and exploded as people gathered fuel, the emergency services said on Tuesday. "We have recovered 45 corpses of the dead while 101 others sustained serious fire burns," Benue state Federal Road Safety Commission Sector Commander Aliyu Baba …

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Nigeria floods: 199 people killed, 286,119 homeless after Niger and Benue rivers overflow, says disaster management agency
6 years, 3 months ago

Nigeria floods: 199 people killed, 286,119 homeless after Niger and Benue rivers overflow, says disaster management agency

Firstpost  

A national disaster has been declared in Nigeria’s Kogi, where the Niger and Benue rivers meet, along with Delta and Anambra in the south. Abuja: Nearly 200 people have died in flooding caused by heavy seasonal rains across 12 states in Nigeria, the country’s main relief agency said on Thursday. The National Emergency Management Agency said 199 people had lost …

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