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NIGERIA

Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2021
The five places where food prices are getting people worried
Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years because of demand from China, vulnerable supply chains and adverse weather.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2021
Nigerian woman poised to lead WTO after South Korean rival withdraws
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first African and first woman to lead the body after a South Korean rival withdrew.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2020
Our lives matter, Nigerian protesters say over police killings
Young Nigerians, many born after the end of military rule in 1999, have poured onto the streets in some of the biggest demonstrations of the country's democratic era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2020
How bitcoin gained currency in Africa
Monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa of under $10,000 jumped more than 55 percent in a year to reach $316 million in June.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2020
'Armed bandits' kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state
Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said.
WORLD
Mar 26, 2020
Boko Haram kills 139 Chadian and Nigerian troops
Boko Haram Islamist militants operating in Africa's Lake Chad region killed 92 Chadian soldiers and 47 Nigerian troops in separate attacks on the same day, dealing a blow to a multinational effort to defeat their 11-year-old insurgency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2020
Crowded Lagos to ban commercial motorbikes from most of Nigerian metropolis
Nigeria's business capital of Lagos will ban commercial motorcycles from operating in large parts of the city, the state government announced on Monday, a move that could change the commute for thousands and threaten ride-hailing startups.
WORLD
Jan 22, 2020
Trump administration planning to add seven countries to travel ban list, reports say
The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries — Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania — to its controversial travel ban list, according to media reports on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 14, 2019
Top Nigerian jihadi group kills four humanitarian hostages
An armed group that kidnapped humanitarian workers in northeastern Nigeria five months ago has claimed it killed four hostages, international aid agency Action Against Hunger said on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 5, 2019
Pirates board supertanker off Nigeria and kidnap 19 crew members
Pirates boarded a fully loaded supertanker off the coast of Nigeria, an act that is sure to ring alarm bells for insurers about the risk of collecting oil from Africa's biggest producer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 6, 2019
Nigerian police free 259 apparent captives from Islamic institution, bringing recent rescues to nearly 1,500
Nigerian police have freed 259 people from an Islamic rehabilitation center in the southwestern city of Ibadan, police said on Tuesday, taking the number rescued from abusive institutions since September to nearly 1,500.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 15, 2019
Nigerian police rescue 67 from 'inhuman' conditions at Islamic 'school'
Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to "inhuman and degrading treatments."
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 3, 2019
Xenophobic attacks shame South Africa as regional leaders meet
South Africa has been hit by an outbreak of xenophobic violence in its biggest city, attracting criticism from other African nations in the week political and business leaders from at least 28 countries gather in Cape Town.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 15, 2019
Former NBA forward Ike Diogu joins Susanoo Magic
Nigeria national team captain Ike Diogu, a well-traveled former NBA player, will begin the next chapter of his pro career with the Shimane Susanoo Magic.
WORLD
Mar 6, 2019
Traffickers used Russia's World Cup to enslave us, say Nigerian women
Blessing Obuson thought Russia's soccer World Cup would be an opportunity to find a job and flew into Moscow from Nigeria last June on a fan ID. Instead, she found herself forced to work as a prostitute.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2019
Observers report dozens killed in Nigeria election violence
As many as 39 people were killed in election violence so far in Nigeria, civil society groups said on Sunday, as the country awaits the results of voting in what is forecast to be its tightest election since the end of military rule in 1999.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2019
Bellwether for stumbling African democracy: Nigeria goes to the polls
When Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday, there'll be much more at stake than the presidency and seats in the parliament of Africa's most populous nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2019
Islamic State says it attacked Nigerian governor's convoy, leaving 42 dead
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack on the convoy of a state governor who was headed to a rally in northeastern Nigeria ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2019
Trump-linked lobbyists help Nigerian politician once deemed persona non grata gain U.S. access
Until last month, Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar had a problem. He was persona non grata in the U.S. after cropping up in connection with several corruption investigations.
WORLD
Dec 17, 2018
Nigeria's farmer-herder clashes have left over 3,600 people dead since 2016, Amnesty says
Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and seminomadic herders have killed more than 3,600 people since 2016, most of them this year, Amnesty International said on Monday, in a report documenting an upsurge in violence that could sway the results of February 2019 elections.

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