Nigeria

More than 140 people die and dozens are injured in a Nigeria gasoline tanker explosion

11:20am October 16, 2024

More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured after an overturned tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle.

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Meta takes down thousands of Instagram and Facebook accounts linked to sextortion

4:49pm July 24, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The social media owner announced it has taken down thousands of accounts in Nigeria that were linked to financial sexual extortion scams.

At 91, Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion is celebrated at Smithsonian

1:25pm June 22, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

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Daniel Ojukwu is an investigative journalist in Nigeria.

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Nigeria has detained a journalist who reported on corruption in a widening crackdown

12:06pm May 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, drawing criticism from advocacy groups over a worsening climate for independent journalism.

A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children.

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For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror

5:00am April 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Ten years after the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapping in Nigeria continues to rise. Nearly 1,000 people were kidnapped in the first three months of 2024. Here is one family's story.

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Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school.

Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed after over two weeks in captivity

12:14pm March 24, 2024

by The Associated Press

Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests.

Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's northwest region Thursday morning and abducted between 200 and 300 students, according to authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.

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10 years after Chibok, Nigeria's mass kidnappings return with a vengeance

5:12pm March 08, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

In just a week there have been two mass kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of women and children have been kidnapped in recent days in Africa's most populous country.

In this image taken from a National Transportation Safety Board video, Michael Graham of the NTSB, which is investigating a deadly helicopter crash that happened in Southern California's Mojave Desert speaks to the media in Barstow, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. The CEO of one of Nigeria's largest banks along with his wife and son were among those killed in Friday's crash.

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CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in helicopter crash in California's Mojave Desert

3:10am February 11, 2024

by The Associated Press

The CEO of one of Nigeria's largest banks was killed Friday along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed near Interstate 15 in Southern California's Mojave Desert.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubuspeaks at a panel at a G20-led summit for Africa in Berlin in November.

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Nigerian president calls for investigation after army drone strike accident kills 85

12:02pm December 05, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

People were gathered for a Muslim celebration in Kaduna state when a drone struck, in what the president called a "bombing mishap."

An attendee views one of rising artist Adulphina Imuede's dreamlike illustrations at ART X.

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

10:24am November 18, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

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