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20Aug/17

Nigeria’s Buhari returns home after three-month sick leave in Britain

August 20, 2017PoliticsAbuja, Africa, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, First Inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Politics, Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria, United Kingdom, World, Yemi Osinbajosmbale

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AUGUST 19, 2017) (REUTERS) – Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country Saturday (August 19) after three months of medical leave in Britain where he received treatment for an unspecified ailment. Continue reading →

07May/17

Chibok girls released by Boko Haram arrive in Abuja – Reuters witness

May 7, 2017WorldAbuja, Anti-intellectualism, Anti-Western sentiment, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Chibok, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Child abduction, City: Abuja, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Religion/Belief, States of Nigeria, Switzerlandsmbale

ABUJA, NIGERIA (MAY 7, 2017) (REUTERS) – A group of girls released by Boko Haram jihadists after kidnapping them in 2014 in the north Nigerian town of Chibok arrived on Sunday (May 7) in the capital Abuja, a Reuters witness said.
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13Feb/17

Nigerians react as president Buhari extends medical leave

February 13, 2017PoliticsAdua, Africa, Boko Haram, Buhari's anti-corruption war, Chibok, Country: Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Lagos, London, Malachy Ugwummadu, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta conflict, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Oloyede Kamoru, Olugbolahan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Osinbajo, president, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Umaru Yar, Umaru Yar'Adua, Yemi Osinbajosmbale

Nigerians give mixed reactions as President Muhammadu Buhari extends his medical leave, deepening suspicions his health is worse than officials are admitting publicly.

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26Dec/16

A look back at the elections that shaped Africa in 2016

December 26, 2016WorldAdama Barrow, Adamou Seyni, Africa, Afro-Eurasia, Akufo-Addo, Ali Bongo, Alieu Momarr Njai, Benin, Boni Yayi, Book:Countries of the World: Africa, Chairman, Congo, Countries, Country: Ghana, Country: The Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Economic Community of West African States, Edgar Lungu, Elections in Africa, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Foreign relations of Gabon, Gabon, Gabon–United States relations, Gabonese presidential election, Gambia, Ghana, Government, Hakainde Hichilema, Jean Ping, John Mahama, Joseph Kabila, Kizza Besigye, Lee Hasonda, Liberia, Libreville, Lionel Zinsou, Mahamadou Issoufou, Muhammadu Buhari, Nana Akufo-Addo, Niamey, Nicholas Opio, Niger, Nigeria, Omar Bongo, Patrice Talon, Politics, president, Presidents of Gabon, Republics, Serge -, Teke, The Gambia, Uganda, Yahya Jammeh, Yoweri Museveni, Zambiasmbale

There were close to 20 elections in Africa in 2016. Ghana and Benin stood out as the most peaceful and democratic, while countries like Uganda were mired by violence as Gabon and Gambia had disputed outcomes. Continue reading →

02Nov/16

Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko Haram victims: Human Rights Watch

November 2, 2016WorldAnti-intellectualism, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Borno State, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Child abduction, Country: Nigeria, Islam, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Islamist groups, MAIDUGURI, Mausi Segun, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Persecution of Christians, Rabe Abubakar, Religion, Sambisa forest, States of Nigeria, War/Conflictsmbale

Human Rights Watch has released a report accusing Nigeria’s police and troops of raping women and girls displaced by conflict in the northeast. An Islamist campaign by Boko Haram has driven more than two million people from their homes and killed some 15,000 in the region. Abuses are also said to have been carried out by camp leaders and local militias meant to help the military fight the insurgents.

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14Apr/16

#BringBackOurGirls demand more action

April 14, 2016World#BringBackOurGirls, Abuja, Aisha Yesufu, Anti-intellectualism, Anti-Western sentiment, Australia, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Borno State, Canada, Chibok, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Child abduction, China, Company: CNN, Continents, Countries, Esther Yakubu, France, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Israel, Michelle Obama, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Politics, Slavery in Africa, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

#BringBackOurGirls activists blame the government and international community for failing to rescue children abducted by Boko Haram two years ago and call for more action.

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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from April to June 2015

November 28, 2015WorldAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, amtrak, Andrew Chan, Assyrian City, Australia, Baghdad, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Brazil, Burundi, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Chile, China, Clementa Pinckney, Countries, Cuba, David Cameron, Dylann Roof, Egypt, Elizabeth Diana, Freddie Gray, Fulgencio Batista, Georgia, Godefroid Niyombare, Goodluck Jonathan, Houthi movement, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Joko Widodo, Kenya, Kevin Krogh, Kyanjin Gompa, Lagos, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mohamed Mursi, Moon, Mosul, Muhammadu Buhari, Myanmar, Myuran Sukumaran, Nepal, New York City, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Nimrud, Philadelphia, Pierre Nkurunziza, Prime Niyongabo, Queen Elizabeth, Ramadi, Raúl Castro, Riyadh, Saif Rezgui, Salerno, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sousse, Soviet Union, Tanzania, Tayyip Erdogan, Tbilisi, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Western Asia, William, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the second quarter of the year include an attack on a Kenyan university, a gunman targeting tourists on a Tunisian beach and, after decades of hostility, a handshake between the leaders of the United States and Cuba.
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09Jul/15

Nigerian protesters call for action on Chibok schoolgirls

July 9, 2015WorldAfrica, Amina Ali, Boko, Boko alphabet, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Chibok, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Hadiza Bala Mohammed, Hadiza Bala Usman, International relations, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Political geography, Politics, president, Religion/Belief, Slavery in Africasmbale

(REUTERS) – Chanting protesters in Nigeria march to the home of President Muhammadu Buhari.

They’re demanding answers from the government on what is being done to rescue some 200 girls kidnapped from a school in the northeastern town of Chibok last year.
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29May/15

Celebrations across Nigeria as Buhari is sworn in as president

May 29, 2015PoliticsAbimbola Laniyan, Abuja, Atiku Abubakar, First Inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, JOHN KERRY, Kennedy Nnadi, Lagos, Muhammadu Buhari, Musa Sulaimon, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Politics of Nigeria, Tom Ekurebo, United Statessmbale

Residents of Abuja and Lagos celebrate the first-ever democratic transfer of power in Nigeria, as former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari is inaugurated as president.

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25May/15

Nigeria fuel shortages hit MTN, Guaranty Trust bank

May 25, 2015EconomyAfrica, Angola, Arik, Articles, Bismarck Rewane, Business, Business/Finance, Commodities market, Economy of Nigeria, energy, Energy economics, Gasoline, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gbenga Forotimi, Goodluck Jonathan, Guaranty Trust Bank, Indonesia, Lagos, MTN, MTN CYPRUS LIMITED, Muhammadu Buhari, Natural resources, NGN, Nigeria, Nigerian naira, Occupy Nigeria, oil prices, Oriola Sampson, Petroleum, Petroleum products, president, Pricing, Subsidies, USDsmbale

Severe fuel shortages in Nigeria hit the services of Africa’s largest mobile telecoms operator, MTN, and force Guaranty Trust Bank to close its branches nationwide at lunchtime, the companies say.
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