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Africa: Bola Tinubu sworn in as Nigerian president amid hopes and doubts.

YoopyaMay 29, 2023May 30, 2023

by YoopyaMay 29, 2023May 30, 20230573

Bola Tinubu became President of Nigeria on Monday, at a time of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, leaving some citizens hopeful for a...

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Nigeria’s Peter Obi wins in Lagos state in presidential election

YoopyaFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 20230403

Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi, whose campaign attracted young people and urban voters fed up with corrupt politics, won most votes in the commercial hub...

Africa News World

Election results only announced for 1 of Nigeria’s 36 states

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2023February 26, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2023February 26, 20230451

Nigeria’s election commission announced the first results late Sunday from the country’s closely watched presidential election, but it could days before a winner is declared....

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Africa: Nigeria city celebrate its many twins with annual festival

YoopyaOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022

by YoopyaOctober 19, 2022October 19, 20220349

Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Igbo-Ora. Nearly every family here has twins or other multiple births, says local chief...

Africa News Religion

Gunmen kill eight, kidnap 38 in Nigeria church attacks -church officials

YoopyaJune 20, 2022April 7, 2023

by YoopyaJune 20, 2022April 7, 20230403

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, an official from...

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Survivors of Nigeria church attack that killed 22 scramble for medical supplies

YoopyaJune 7, 2022April 8, 2023

by YoopyaJune 7, 2022April 8, 20230405

Sunday’s attack on a Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo killed 22 people and injured 50, an official said on Tuesday, as the...

Africa Economy News Technology

Nigeria to prioritise taxes from digital non-resident firms in 2022

YoopyaJanuary 22, 2022February 27, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 22, 2022February 27, 202301705

Nigeria will prioritise tax collection from its digital economy in 2022 and focus on non-resident firms with significant economic presence that generate turnover in the...

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Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021September 25, 2021

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2021September 25, 2021017

The Sahel region, an area covering 3 million sq km, has been a hotbed of Islamic Jihadi groups in recent years. Today, the region has...

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The kidnapped woman who defied Boko Haram

YoopyaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 2021

by YoopyaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 202104

Mass kidnappings of children in Nigeria have been making global headlines recently and this has been hard to watch for a young woman who was...

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Nigeria receives nearly 4 million vaccines from COVAX

YoopyaMarch 2, 2021March 2, 2021

by YoopyaMarch 2, 2021March 2, 202107

Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country...