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Islamic State claims Nigeria bombing, says about 30 killed or hurt

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion that it said killed or injured 30 people at a market where alcohol was sold in Taraba State, Nigeria, marking an expansion of the area where the extremist group operates in the country.

Nigeria's ruling party APC sets presidential primaries date

Nigeria's ruling party APC sets presidential primaries date

Nigeria's ruling party All Progressives Party (APC) has set its presidential primaries for May 30-31, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Three priorities Africa's newbie on the World Bank board should focus on

Three priorities Africa's newbie on the World Bank board should focus on

President Cyril Ramaphosa recently appointed a senior South African politician, Ayanda Dlodlo, to serve a two-year term as a member of the World Bank’s 25-person Board of executive directors. She will represent a constituency consisting of Angola, Nigeria and South Africa.

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Nanotechnology has much to offer Nigeria but research needs support

Nanotechnology is one of the engines of the fourth industrial revolution. The global market of nanotechnology-enabled products stood at approximately US$1.6 trillion in 2014. In one estimate, the industry could generate 6 million jobs and account for 10% of global GDP by 2030.

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Google Shares Its African Product Development Center Debut Plans

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google invested in its Africa product development center debut in Nairobi, looking to host 800 million internet users and a third of the world's youth population by 2030. Its peer, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), also invested in technology development hubs in Kenya and Nigeria, pumping $100 million and hiring hundreds of engineers…

Blast kills three, injures 19 at Nigeria market

Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria's Taraba state in the east of the country, local police said on Wednesday.

Twenty burnt to death in Nigeria road accident

Twenty people, including children, were burnt to death after a public mini-bus collided with a car on a highway in northern Nigeria, the road safety agency said on Tuesday.

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Cardinals sign Nigerian OL Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi

Cardinals sign Nigerian OL Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi

Ndubuisi came up through the International Pathway Program before signing with Arizona.

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Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it

Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it

DNA is the blueprint of life. All the information that an organism needs to survive, reproduce, adapt to environments or survive a disease is in its DNA.

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Are Nigeria’s bandits a new Boko Haram cell or rival ‘terrorists’?

Are Nigeria’s bandits a new Boko Haram cell or rival ‘terrorists’?

In northwestern Nigeria, evidence suggests bandits are becoming collaborators with, and rivals to, Boko Haram factions.

African Startups Drew Record $5.2 Billion in Venture Capital Last Year

African Startups Drew Record $5.2 Billion in Venture Capital Last Year

African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according to data released by an industry group on Tuesday. The success of companies like Nigeria's Paystack, acquired in 2020 by US payments…

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Toxic mix of bandits, arms, drugs and terrorism is alarming Nigerians: what now?

Toxic mix of bandits, arms, drugs and terrorism is alarming Nigerians: what now?

Banditry in Nigeria emerged as an isolated rural phenomenon in the late 2000s. It’s now evolved into sophisticated violent criminality, characterised by syndicates with immense reach across regions and countries.

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Student dies in Jesus crucifixion re-enactment with audience spotting him bleeding

Student dies in Jesus crucifixion re-enactment with audience spotting him bleeding

Suel Ambrose, 25, from Nigeria, was playing the role of St Peter during an Easter performance of Jesus' crucifixion when he collapsed and later died in hospital on Good Friday

Facebook’s fibre optics in Nigerian state put Africa pivot in focus

Facebook’s fibre optics in Nigerian state put Africa pivot in focus

As company faces rising pressure in west, it is investing in digital infrastructure elsewhere

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Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks

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Nigeria meets Willy Wonka: inside designer Yinka Ilori’s new studio

The rule-breaking artist gives us a tour of his joyful space

U.S. approves arms sale to Nigeria after pause over human rights concerns

The United States has approved a nearly $1 billion weapons sale to Nigeria after lawmakers had put a hold on the deal over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the Nigerian government.

Nigeria suspends voter registration in Imo state after election official shot dead

Nigeria's electoral commission on Friday suspended voter registration in most parts of oil-producing Imo state after an election official was shot dead by unknown gunmen, as the country prepares for a series of votes early next year.

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Football World Cup eliminations dash small business hopes

From Colombia to Nigeria, traders in football-loving nations are counting losses of failure to make it to Qatar 2022.

Nigerian carer speaks of love for Ireland after escaping horrors of home country

'Lots of people have told me to move to England and I’m just like, ‘No! I love Ireland'!'

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US approves $1B arms sale to Nigeria despite rights concerns

The Biden administration has given the green light for Nigeria to buy advanced attack helicopters worth nearly $1 billion despite concerns about the country's human rights record

Nigeria plans first census in 17 years next year after security delay

Nigeria will next year conduct its first census in 17 years to try to accurately survey its population, estimated at more than 200 million people and the largest in Africa, the head of the national population agency said on Thursday.

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‘A very sad day’: Parents of Nigeria’s missing Chibok girls demand action eight years after kidnapping

More than 100 girls are still missing after being abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and many parents are concerned that the Nigerian government has lost interest in their plight, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Boat capsizes in Nigeria, kills 29

At least 29 people died when a boat capsized in Nigeria's Sokoto state in the northwest of the country, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Nigeria says armed gangs in north are working with militants

A top Nigerian official says that armed gangs attacking remote communities in Nigeria’s troubled northwest are now working with extremist rebels who have waged a decade-long insurgency in the country’s northeast

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