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Nigeria’s Jonathan told not to stand in 2015 by mentor Obasanjo

YoopyaDecember 12, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 12, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – One of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s predecessors and mentors has turned against him, penning a scathing denunciation that could deepen division in the...

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Nigerian survivor will never go to sea again

YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2013January 31, 20240

WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He survived three days in a sunken tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and was hailed as a miracle...

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Nigerian governor election hit by delays, disputes: organizer

YoopyaNovember 19, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 19, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – A Nigerian state election was disrupted by delayed and missing materials and arguments over the voter register, organizers acknowledged on Monday, raising concerns...

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Insight: Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave “brides”

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by...

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U.S. to name Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources

YoopyaNovember 13, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 13, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization on Wednesday, congressional sources and...

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Nigerian shoppers warm to online retailers

YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 20240

Funsho Lawal beams as she strides towards the Jumia delivery van parked outside her house in Surulere, a Lagos neighbourhood. The delight on her face...

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Nigeria beats Ethiopia 2-1 in World Cup playoffs

YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 20240

Emmanuel Emenike scored twice as African champion Nigeria came from behind to win 2-1 at Ethiopia on Sunday in the first leg of the African...

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The Richest People In Africa 2013

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013April 3, 20240

VENTURES AFRICA – The combined fortune of Africa’s 55 billionaires is $143.88 billion. The average net worth of the members of this exclusive club is...

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Plane crashes after take-off in Lagos, Nigeria

YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 20240

A plane carrying 27 people has crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos airport in Nigeria, officials say. A rescue operation is ongoing. At least five...

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Nigeria tells U.N. sparing no effort tackling terrorism ‘menace’

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – An Islamist insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast is challenging the country’s stability and every effort is being made to tackle the extremists with “due...