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Many have been found or rescued by the army, or freed years later after negotiations between the government and Boko Haram finally resulted in a hefty ransom, according to sources.Image: Times Media
300 SCHOOLGIRLS KIDNAPPED

Gunmen kidnap more than 300 schoolgirls in increasingly lawless northwest Nigeria

Gunmen seized more than 300 girls in a nighttime raid on a school in northwest Nigeria on Friday and are believed to be holding some of them in a forest, police said. It was the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region…

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Nigeria’s Minister for Health Osagie Ehanire displays an image of the the novel coronavirus COVID-19 as he address the media regarding the first case of the virus confirmed in Nigeria during a press briefing in Abuja on February 28, 2020. – Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan, at the heart of Europe’s largest outbreak, earlier this week. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with some 190 million people, is viewed as one of the world’s most vulnerable to the spread of the virus given its weak health system and high population density. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
BAN ENTRY TO ARRIVALS

Nigeria bans entry to arrivals from 13 countries to combat coronavirus

Nigeria will from Saturday ban entry to arrivals from 13 of the countries worst affected by the coronavirus epidemic, the minister of interior said on Wednesday. All the countries on the list, which includes the US, Britain, Germany,…

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WATCH: Bafana vs Super Eagles – fans give their predictions

Bafana Bafana take on Nigeria in the Afcon quarter-finals on 10 July 2019. Following an astonishing 1-0 win against tournament hosts and favourites Egypt, SA fans have been sharing their predictions on Twitter. While some are hopeful,…

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