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A boy waves from a bus full of children following their release

Kidnapped boys in Nigeria returning home after release

World • 18 Dec 20

A boy who escaped from the gunmen stands with his father in their home in Kankara town

Almost 350 schoolboys kidnapped in Nigeria are rescued

World • 17 Dec 20

Nigerian police say over 300 students remain unaccounted for (File pic)

Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigerian students

World • 15 Dec 20

Police raided the illegal maternity unit which was set up to sell newborns for profit (file pic)

Ten people rescued in Nigeria 'baby factory' raid

World • 02 Dec 20

Two weeks of spiralling protests in Nigeria

News Lens • 21 Oct 20

Witnesses said armed gunmen opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 people to disperse them after a curfew was imposed

At least 12 killed in Nigeria shootings - Amnesty

World • 21 Oct 20

Protesters barricade the Lagos-Ibadan expressway during a demonstration to protest against police brutality at Magboro, Ogun State, Nigeria, today

Protesters killed by Nigeria security forces - Amnesty

World • 20 Oct 20

The attack early is part of an expanding jihadist campaign in the vast, marshy Lake Chad area

92 Chadian soldiers killed in attack by Boko Haram

News • 24 Mar 20

Ashimedua Okonkwo, known also as Meddy, said that she and her colleagues all pay their taxes in Ireland

'When you leave, you don't just shut the door on them'

Ireland • 15 Nov 19

The six Nigerian aid workers were seized by jihadists affiliated to the Islamic State group

Jihadists execute aid worker abducted in Nigeria

World • 25 Sep 19

The incident happened during an Easter procession in Gombe, Nigeria (Pic: Google Maps)

10 dead in Nigeria as policeman rams car into crowd

World • 22 Apr 19

Gunmen stormed the Kajuru Castle Resort, 60 kilometres southeast of Kaduna City

British aid worker among two shot dead in Nigeria

World • 21 Apr 19

Nigeria's last two presidential elections have been delayed

Opposition slam call to delay Nigeria presidential poll

World • 16 Feb 19

One of Glencore's open pit copper mines at Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Glencore facing money-laundering probe

Business • 04 Jul 18

19-year-old Victor Muojeke arrived in Ireland with his family 11 years ago

Minister to consider family's deportation appeal

News • 14 Jun 18

Residents walk along a street in Dapchi, Nigeria

Parents: 105 girls missing after Boko Haram attack

World • 23 Feb 18

Some of the freed schoolgirls from Chibok in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in May 2017

Dozens of schoolgirls feared abducted by Boko Haram

World • 22 Feb 18

It is understood the attack occurred in the Konduga area on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri

At least 19 killed following suicide bombing in Nigeria

World • 18 Feb 18

The attacks occurred in the town of Biu, about 185km south of the Borno State capital Maiduguri (Pic: Google Maps)

At least 13 killed by twin suicide bombings in Nigeria

World • 02 Dec 17

Details of the ambush have been slow to emerge

Boko Haram kills dozens in northeast Nigeria

nigeria • 28 Jul 17

After hitting one-month lows yesterday, brent crude oil prices rose €0.38

Oil prices gain after monthly lows yesterday

Business • 08 Jun 17

The government secured the release of the girls with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Freed Chibok girls meet Nigerian president

World • 08 May 17

A Nigerian army poster of wanted Boko Haram suspects in Bayelsa, Nigeria

Chibok girls released by Boko Haram arrive in Abuja

World • 07 May 17

Protesters holding placards during a demonstration marking the third anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls in Abuja on 14 April

Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram released

World • 07 May 17

A doctor vaccinates a child against meningitis in Dakwa village, Bwari, Nigeria

Suspected meningitis epidemic kills 745 in Nigeria

World • 19 Apr 17

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