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An unspecified number of female students have been abducted by gunmen from a Nigerian university in north-west Zamfara state. The students of the Federal University Gusau were abducted from three hostels in Sabon Gida community, in the early hours of Friday. Local journalists told the BBC that the gunmen began shooting indiscriminately before attacking the […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
In a profile of 40 Black playwrights from the Los Angeles Times, these creative minds share their tales of racism they've faced in the theater scene.
[This Day] Maiduguri -- The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a combined military formation of West and Central African countries, at the weekend, approached the Cameroonian forces for assistance, especially in terms of reinforcement, to enable them turn the tide against the Boko Haram terrorist group in the troubled Chad Basin. The request followed a spate of attacks by the insurgents lately, which involved several military fatalities.
Remembering the Sacrifices
Thousands of Nigerians gathered on Sunday for a vigil to remember those who lost their lives at the hands of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) — a police unit accused of brutality and human rights crimes.
Created in 1984 to combat growing robberies in Nigeria, the unit is now disbanded following one of the largest youth-led protests the country has seen in a decade launched earlier in October by way of the social media movement #EndSARSNow.
Around 100 people have been injured and at least ten have died in the demonstrations due to what Amnesty International believes was the use of excessive force by the police. Nigerian youth are now calling for national police reform.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- There's something special about movies meant to address real issues to which society turns a blind eye.
Analysis - Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of the regions worst affected by COVID-19. Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European. The other ten are in the Americas. This includes the US, which has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the world.
The hosts talk with Osai Ojigho about the importance of the African diaspora collectively taking a stand against police brutality worldwide.
One of Jamaica’s foremost paper towel manufacturers, Sanmerna Paper Products, has announced plans to open a plant in Nigeria. Managing Director Robert White told The Gleaner that dialogue with outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica Janet...
CHILD PRODIGY Joshua Beckford, who was the youngest student to attend Oxford University, is fundraising to build a comprehensive school in Nigeria, his father says. Beckford grew up in Tottenham and has high functioning autism and Aspergers.
[Premium Times] Following an increase in cases of police brutality, harassment and extortion of civilians in Nigeria, with Lagos being a hotspot, the Lagos State Police Command has released numbers for Lagos residents to lodge their complaints.
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee made it through on Thursday to the final run-off to lead the World Trade Organization.
Okonjo-Iweala, 66, served as her country's first female finance and foreign minister, and has a 25-year career behind her as a development economist at the World Bank.
If she wins, she would become the first African to lead the global trade body.
Yoo, 53, is South Korea's first female trade minister. She has enjoyed a career in trade diplomacy and foreign affairs in which she struck free trade agreements with China and the United States.
\"Both of the women in the final round are remarkably well-qualified according to the WTO.
A candidate will be picked before November 7, whoever wins , will take over an organization in the middle of several crises and to help member states handle serious economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
[Global Fund] Geneva -- The Global Fund and Chevron Corporation have celebrated a 12-year partnership that served as an example of the private sector's contribution to the fight against infectious diseases and to building resilient health systems.
By Olayiwola Balogun - Nigerians in the United Kingdom turned out in their multitudes on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at the Nigeria High Commission London, Parliament Square and areas close to Downing Street residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to protest in solidarity with their citizens who were brutally killed by Nigerian soldiers following a […]
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