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Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north
Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of students in an attack on a boys school in northern...
Nigeria's army admits its soldiers were at Lagos shootings
Nigeria's army has admitted its soldiers were deployed at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where live rounds were fired last week, killing several...
'Perfect storm': How Nigeria's peaceful police protests turned
Tears fill Ephraim Osinboyejo’s eyes as he recalls the idealism that drove thousands of Nigerians like him into the streets to campaign against police...
Nigeria deploys 'all police resources' amid protests, unrest
Protests calling for an end to police brutality began on October 7. The demonstrations, dominated by young people, started with calls for a police...
Burned-out buildings and armed gangs in Lagos despite president's
The unrest is the worst street violence since Nigeria’s return to civilian rule in 1999 and is the most serious political crisis confronting President...
Nigerian forces killed 12 peaceful protesters, Amnesty says
Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday that Nigeria's security forces fired upon two large gatherings of peaceful protesters Tuesday night,...
Nigeria's head of police dissolves controversial Special Anti-Robbery...
The head of Nigeria’s police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by days of...
Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law
Fuad Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, respects those who believe that a 22-year-old man accused of sharing a blasphemous message on...