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Gunmen abduct 30 students in Nigeria, police confirm, in ongoing spate of kidnappings

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Nigerian police have said that 30 students remain unaccounted for after gunmen targeted a technical college in the northwest of the country late Thursday night, as the shocking trend of student kidnapping continues. … Read More >Gunmen abduct 30 students in Nigeria, police confirm, in ongoing spate of kidnappings

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All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released by gunmen in Zamfara state

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021By Editor

The governor of Zamfara state has said that all 279 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls’ Science Secondary School (GGSS) in Jangebe last Friday have been released by their captors, largely unharmed. … Read More >All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released by gunmen in Zamfara state

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Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks

Posted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021By Editor

Police in Nigeria’s Zamfara State have said that 317 schoolgirls were abducted in an armed raid on Friday morning, just one week after 42 people were kidnapped from a boys’ school in neighboring Niger State last week. … Read More >Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks

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Military passenger plane crashes in Nigeria, seven dead (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021By Editor

A light passenger aircraft belonging to the Nigerian military has crashed outside the country’s capital city of Abuja. The plane was obliterated on impact, catching fire and killing everyone on board. … Read More >Military passenger plane crashes in Nigeria, seven dead (VIDEOS)

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UN says at least 110 killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria where many victims were beheaded

Posted on November 30, 2020November 30, 2020By Editor

The death toll in a suspected Boko Haram attack on farmers in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday has reached at least 110, a UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said, urging the perpetrators to be brought to justice. … Read More >UN says at least 110 killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria where many victims were beheaded

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Shell must pay nearly half a billion for oil spill in Nigeria, court rules

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020By Editor

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has declined an application from Royal Dutch Shell which aimed to set aside a previous ruling that ordered the company to pay $467 million for damages caused by an oil spill almost five decades ago. … Read More >Shell must pay nearly half a billion for oil spill in Nigeria, court rules

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How big agriculture & capitalism are making pandemics more likely (Rob Wallace)

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020By Editor

We speak to Rob Wallace, author of ‘Big Farms Make Big Flu’. He discusses how in recent history, deforestation and land use changes driven by global capital have caused more epidemics, his own experience battling coronavirus, why the emergency response to coronavirus has a side-effect of making the population see the structural causes … Read More >How big agriculture & capitalism are making pandemics more likely (Rob Wallace)

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Russia to bring back to life Nigeria’s major steel plant project, abandoned for decades

Posted on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019By Editor

Nigeria wants Russia’s assistance to finally launch its steel plant, Ajaokuta Steel, sometimes called the “bedrock” of the nation’s industrialization, which was almost completed in the 1980s, but has never become operational. … Read More >Russia to bring back to life Nigeria’s major steel plant project, abandoned for decades