Germany to return looted Benin Bronzes to NigeriaPrecious artifacts that were looted during the colonial era will finally be returned to Nigeria, the German government has announced. The first returns are planned for 2022.....
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Why is there a shortage of medical oxygen and how is it made?Difficulty breathing is one of the most common severe Covid-19 symptoms, and as photos of people waiting in long lines for oxygen canisters in India and elsewhere attest, supplies of medical oxygen are far from adequate everywhere in the world. Why the long waits for oxygen in developing nations?....
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India exported Covid vaccines to 47 countries at cheaper rates, reveals RTIMumbai:In a startling revelation under RTI, it has emerged that the country has exported the Covid-19 vaccines to at least 47 countries globally at rates cheaper than India, even as the domestic patients run helter-skelter for the life-saver jab. Replying to an RTI query by a Nagpur-based activist-....
Kidnappers snatched her from school. Here's what happened nextKidnap for ransom is on the rise in Nigeria with mass kidnappings from schools increasingly seen as lucrative endeavors by criminal gangs. CNN's Stephanie Busari meets one teenage girl who was snatched from her school dorm and hears how her story took an extraordinary twist when she came face to fac....
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Kidnappers kill two more students abducted from Nigerian universityTwo students who were kidnapped from a university in northern Nigeria last Tuesday have been killed, making it a total of five Greenfield University students killed by their abductors, an official said in a statement released Monday.....
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Energy Transition Could Doom Africa's Oil Producers | OilPrice.comTo wit, Angola has gone from being Africa’s top crude producer just five years ago to barely pumping more than war-torn Libya. Nigeria--another key OPEC member--is in grave danger of suffering Angola’s fate as OPEC tries to balance the markets by restricting oil production Click headl....
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US Secretary of State Blinken to meet Kenyatta and Buhari on virtual tour of AfricaNAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 26- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will Tuesday embark on his first virtual trip to Africa, with focus to Kenya and Nigeria. US State Department Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken “will visit Kenya and Nigeria and engage with young people from across the cont....
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More than 30 soldiers killed in militant attack in northeast NigeriaMilitants overran an army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30 soldiers before pulling back in the face of air strikes, sources said. The attackers were believed to belong to the regional offshoot of the Islamic State. They hit the base in Mainok town in northeast Borno state on Sun....
Nigeria warily eyes border after Chad leader's deathKano, Nigeria, April 22 – The death of Chadian President Idriss Deby has been a hefty blow to the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel, but especially so for Nigeria, locked in a 12-year-old battle with Boko Haram and Islamic State-allied militants. After Deby’s death announced on Tuesda....
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US commission says religious freedom in India deteriorating furtherA US commission on Wednesday recommended for the second year in a row that India be placed on a blacklist for religious freedom, saying treatment of minorities had deteriorated further. The Indian government last year responded angrily to the call by the US Commission on International Religious F....
An Original 'The Resident' Star Leaves The Series After Four SeasonsShaunette Renee Wilson has said goodbye to The Resident. The 31-year-old actress starred as Dr. Mina Okafor in the Fox show, and her exit came after her character chose to go back to Nigeria instead of being deported by the hands of Dr. Cain, who found out she had planned to testify against him. "Af....
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Archaeologists discover 3500-year-old terracotta pots that once held honeyArchaeologists working at an excavation site in central Nigeria have discovered terracotta pottery pieces, some of which are as old as 3500 years. The pottery pieces show direct evidence that the pods once held honey, which is considered the oldest sweetener known to humanity. Researchers analyze re....
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7 years on, more than 100 Chibok girls still missingLagos, Nigeria, April 14 – Seven years after hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, more than 100 are still missing, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Several more mass kidnappings of schoolchildren have occurred in northern Nigeria sin....
Imran urges wealth creation to get rid of foreign debtISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is being briefed on Farash Town Apartments Project on Thursday.—APP • Lays foundation stone of 4,000 low-cost flats • Pins hope on Ravi, Bundal projects for investment • Terms youths of D-8 countries key asset ISLAMABAD....
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PM Imran calls upon D8 countries to expand trade, mobilise resources to tackle CovidPrime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called upon member countries of the Developing Eight (D8) grouping to expand the scope of trade between themselves and mobilise resources to tackle the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was addressing the 10th virtual summit of the D-8 Organisation for E....
Police station attacked in southeast Nigeria a day after jailbreakLagos, Nigeria, April 7 – Gunmen stormed a police station in southeast Nigeria and freed prisoners, a day after the restive region was hit by a prison breakout blamed on separatists, police and local media said Wednesday. The police station in the town of Ehime Mbano in Imo state was set abla....
PSV Eindhoven and England U21 winger on Leeds United's radarPSV Eindhoven and England U21 winger on Leeds United’s radar - originally posted on Sportslens.com According to the Evening Standard, Leeds United are keeping a close eye on PSV Eindhoven star Noni Madueke. The 19-year-old, who is also eligible to play for Nigeria, made his international deb....
British university to return Benin Bronze to Nigeria 'within weeks'The University of Aberdeen said on Thursday it would return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, one of the first public institutions to do so more than a century after Britain looted the sculptures and auctioned them to Western museums and collectors.....
Just ask! How do fish see in water?This week's viewer question comes from Brown Mbadiwe in Oweri, Nigeria. He wants to know how fish see in water.....
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Nigeria's Soilless Farming PioneerSamson Ogbole sees agribusiness as the root of sustainable development and job creation. The head trainer at Farm Lab in Ogun State, south-western Nigeria believes agriculture must be business-minded, technology-driven and climate smart. And Ogbole is keen to pass on his knowledge to others.....
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Gambling Vox PopsIs Gambling more than just a harmless hobby? We asked 77 Percenters in Ghana and Nigeria.....
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UN says $1 billion needed for Nigeria humanitarian crisisAbuja, Nigeria, March 17 – The United Nations estimated Tuesday that around $1 billion (840 million euros) were needed to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s restive northeast, where 5.1 million people are at risk of acute hunger. Despite ongoing military operations to end a....
New video emerges of abducted college students in NigeriaDisturbing video clips show students kidnapped from a college in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state being held at gunpoint and beaten with a whip by their abductors emerged on Saturday.....
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Nigeria steps up hunt for 39 kidnapped studentsKano, Nigeria. March 13 – Nigerian security forces stepped up efforts on Saturday to rescue dozens of students who were abducted from their hostels in northwestern Kaduna state in the latest attack on schools, police and officials said. Gunmen stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisa....
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Nigeria gunmen raid school, abduct studentsKano, Nigeria, March 12 – Nigerian gunmen have snatched an unspecified number of students from a college in a northwestern state, local police said Friday, in the latest abduction targeting schools. The suspected kidnap gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kadu....
Britain signs deal with Nigeria to return looted fundsLagos, Nigeria, March 9 – Britain and Nigeria on Tuesday signed a deal to return £4.2 million ($5.82 million) recovered from a former governor of oil-rich Delta state, who served a jail term in London for fraud. “This is the first time that money recovered from criminals will ....
Pirates free 10 abducted fishermen in Nigeria, ransom paidUGHELLI, Nigerai (AP) — Ten foreigners abducted by pirates last month were rescued in southern Nigeria, the army said. The victims were released unharmed by Nigeria's security forces in Rivers state, after Nigerian mediators paid a $300,000 ransom for their freedom, Col.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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Gunmen kill 16 in northwest NigeriaKano, Nigeria, March 6 – Gunmen have killed 16 people and injured nine others in a village in northwestern Nigeria near the border with Niger, a local official and a resident said Friday. The pre-dawn attack on Tara village, in Sokoto state, is the latest in a series of attacks by criminal ga....
Happy reunion marred by gunfire as Nigerian schoolgirls come homeBy Lekan OyekanmiThe Associated PressJANGEBE, Nigeria — Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country's northwest have been returned to their families amid chaos as security forces opened fire on a gathering outside the school where the reunions were held Wedn....
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Curfew in Nigerian town of abducted schoolgirlsKano, Nigeria, March 4 – A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in a northwestern Nigerian town and its market shut after violence marred the reunion of nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls with their parents, local residents said Thursday. The girls were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen....
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Nigeria's 'Milkmaid' Inspired by Kidnapping of Chikbok SchoolgirlsEven though Nigeria has a flourishing film industry called Nollywood, 2020 was the first year that the country entered Oscar’s international film race. Nigeria had submitted a film the previous year, but it was deemed ineligible. This year, the country pinned its hopes on "The Milkmaid," writt....
Nigerian sculptor transforms coconut shells into artNigerian artist, Nathaniel Hodonu is cutting coconut shells and shaping them into leaf-shaped designs for his latest art project in Nigeria's megacity, Lagos.
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