Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria’s Borno state to limit food, aid distribution to some in northeast (Reuters)

Nigeria's northeastern Borno state will bar non-governmental organizations from distributing food or aid to resettled displaced people, the governor said in a circular seen...
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Nigeria slams UK’s Omicron travel ban as ‘discriminatory’ (Al Jazeera)

A Nigerian official on Monday criticised a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new...
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Gender-responsive education in emergency in Nigeria (Edem Dorothy Ossai, Brookings)

This policy brief highlights ways that a gender-responsive perspective can be fully incorporated into planning, policy design, and implementation models for education in emergencies...
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The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria (Jonathan Lain and Tara Vishwanath, Brookings)

The labor market is the main vehicle through which the proceeds of growth are shared among households and individuals. Therefore, understanding the labor market...
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Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones (Kasirim Nwuke, Brookings)

Earlier this year Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, bringing to a close a 20-year effort to reform Nigeria’s oil...
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Nigeria commits to annual carbon budgets to reach net zero under climate law (Joe Lo, Climate Home News)

After announcing a 2060 net zero goal at Cop26, the oil producing nation will set up a national council to oversee the implementation of...
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US issues religious freedom ‘concern’ list, removes Nigeria (Al Jazeera)

The United States has removed Nigeria from a list of “countries of particular concern” regarding religious freedom, a day before US Secretary of State...
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Gunmen abduct students, staff at university in Nigeria’s capital (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen abducted members of staff and their children at a university in Nigeria in a rare kidnapping at a large institution in the capital...
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Gunmen attack Nigeria prison, free dozens of inmates: Official (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwestern Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, according to an official. Olanrewaju Anjorin, a spokesman of the Oyo correctional centre...
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Nigerian official says new leader of ISIL-linked group killed (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian security forces have killed the new leader of an ISIL (ISIS)-linked group blamed for killing hundreds in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries,...
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Nigerian separatist leader Kanu denies terrorism charges in court (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has pleaded not guilty to seven charges including “terrorism” and treason in an Abuja court, three months after his...
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Gunmen kill dozens in Nigeria’s troubled northwest (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have killed dozens in an attack on a village market in northwest Nigeria, government officials said. The attack took place on Sunday evening in...
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One year after #EndSARS protests, has Nigerian police changed? (Ope Adetayo, Al Jazeera)

Tunde Abass says he was in a plaza building at Onipanu, a major bus stop in Lagos, in March when he saw police officers...
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Gunmen raid Nigeria market, kill at least 20 people (Al Jazeera)

At least 20 people have been killed in Nigeria’s Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, according to a state official...
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India–Nigeria Relations (Abhishek Kumar, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses)

India has a long history of partnership with Nigeria, with solidarity and political affinity going back to early 19th century when both the nations...
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Nigeria forces rescue nearly 200 abducted victims in northwest (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian security agents have rescued nearly 200 kidnapped people during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense forests in the country’s northwest, police...
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