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Nigeria to begin online ship registration to boost maritime businesses

xinhuanet.com - Feb 20, 2020 0

Nigeria will soon begin online ship registration in a bid to have a world-class ship registry and enhance the ease-of-doing-business in the maritime sector. ...

Nigerian police investigates 6 bodies buried in shallow graves

xinhuanet.com - Feb 19, 2020 0

An investigation into six bodies buried in shallow graves in Nigeria's Delta region was underway, local police said Tuesday. The bodies were...

Gunmen kill at least 30 in northwest Nigeria raid

xinhuanet.com - Feb 16, 2020 0

Gunmen on motorbikes killed at least 30 people across two villages during a raid in northwest Nigeria, local police said. In a...

Nigeria to establish sixth special laboratory to battle Lassa fever

xinhuanet.com - Feb 14, 2020 0

Nigeria is about to set up a special laboratory to boost the country's testing capacity amid the outbreak of Lassa fever since the beginning...

Lassa fever deaths in Nigeria hit 70

xinhuanet.com - Feb 13, 2020 0

The death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 70, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Nigerian president pays visit to victims of Boko Haram attack

xinhuanet.com - Feb 12, 2020 0

Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to victims of a Boko Haram attack earlier this week, in which at least...

Buhari pays courtesy visit to victims of Boko Haram attack

xinhuanet.com - Feb 12, 2020 0

Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to victims of a Boko Haram attack earlier this week, in which at least...

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Nigeria launches new gas transportation code to increase revenue

xinhuanet.com - Feb 11, 2020 0

The Nigerian government on Monday launched a new gas infrastructure network code to increase revenue generation and enhance local gas production. The...

West African leaders set to probe Nigeria’s border closure

xinhuanet.com - Feb 11, 2020 0

West African leaders have agreed to launch a probe into Nigeria's land border closure with neighbors, a spokesman for the Nigerian president confirmed on...

At least 30 killed by Boko Haram militants in NE Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Feb 10, 2020 0

At least 30 people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in a community located in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno,...

Nigerian Senate confirms 15 dead as disease spreads in central state

xinhuanet.com - Feb 7, 2020 0

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday confirmed at least 15 people had died following the spread of an unidentified disease in the north-central state of...

Nigeria’s electoral body deregisters 74 political parties

xinhuanet.com - Feb 6, 2020 0

Nigeria's electoral body on Thursday said it has deregistered 74 political parties ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. The...

Nigerian police kills 250 militants in combat operation

xinhuanet.com - Feb 6, 2020 0

Up to 250 militants of an extremist group were killed in a combat operation by the police in Nigeria's central northern state of Kaduna,...

Nigerian president vows to re-equip military amid fight against terrorism

xinhuanet.com - Feb 6, 2020 0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the military will be re-professionalized and re-equipped to meet the growing exigencies of security in the country,...

Death toll from Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak rises to 47

xinhuanet.com - Feb 6, 2020 0

The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 47, according to data by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control...

Nigeria hires new basketball coach ahead of Summer Olympics

xinhuanet.com - Feb 6, 2020 0

Nigerian basketball authorities on Thursday said a new coach has been hired to tune up their senior men's team, the D'Tigers for the 2020...

Police say 26 killed in central Nigeria attacks

xinhuanet.com - Feb 4, 2020 0

A total of 26 people were killed in recent attacks in Nigeria's central Plateau State, local police said Monday. Up to 190...

3 killed in Nigeria road crash

xinhuanet.com - Feb 4, 2020 0

A road crash along a major route in southwest Nigeria on Monday killed three people and injured 14 others, according to local police. ...

At least 14 killed in central Nigeria gunmen attack

xinhuanet.com - Jan 27, 2020 0

At least 14 people were killed when gunmen hit a village in Nigeria's Plateau, a state in the country's central region, several local sources...

Nigeria places alert at ports on novel coronavirus

xinhuanet.com - Jan 24, 2020 0

Nigerian authorities on Wednesday said screening measures have been heightened at the country's various ports of entry in response to the outbreak of the...

Boko Haram kills university student in NE Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Jan 22, 2020 0

Boko Haram has killed a local university student who was recently abducted while returning to school in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, according to...

Boko Haram sabotages electricity supply in NE Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Jan 21, 2020 0

Power lines were blown down during a recent attack by terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, causing days of unending...

Road accident kills 3 in south Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Jan 20, 2020 0

At least three people were confirmed killed on Sunday following a road accident involving a truck and a tricycle in the southern part of...

Gunmen kill 14 villagers in north Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Jan 17, 2020 0

At least 14 people were killed by gunmen who invaded a village in Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, a police spokesman said on Friday. An...

Nigerian government vows to sustain efforts to improve girl-child education

xinhuanet.com - Jan 17, 2020 0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the government will sustain its ongoing efforts to end child marriage and improve girl-child education in...

9 confirmed killed in central Nigeria road crashes

xinhuanet.com - Jan 14, 2020 0

A total of nine people were confirmed killed in two road crashes in central Nigeria, local police said on Monday. The accidents...

Nigerian president signs law aimed at reforming tax system

xinhuanet.com - Jan 14, 2020 0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to the 2020 finance bill, a law aimed at reforming the country's tax system. With...

Nigerian aviation authority suspends Turkish Airlines operation over logistics issue

xinhuanet.com - Dec 14, 2019 1

Nigerian aviation authority said on Friday that it has directed Turkish Airlines to suspend its operation into the west African country over issues on...

Nigeria’s parliament urges probe of attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana

xinhuanet.com - Dec 4, 2019 0

Nigeria's parliament on Wednesday urged a full-scale investigation into the alleged attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, saying its aim is to prevent another...

2 policemen shot dead by gunmen in south Nigeria

xinhuanet.com - Dec 4, 2019 0

Nigeria's police on Tuesday said they have launched an investigation into the killing of two policemen by suspected gunmen in the southeastern state of...

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