The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.
The beaten candidate in last month's Nigerian presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday lodged a legal challenge to the official result, his lawyer said. France 24 - Published
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8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi fled Nigeria in 2017 as he and his family sought asylum from Boko Haram attacks in his home country. But that hasn't stopped him from becoming a chess champion in the..
Ibibio Sound Machine is known for its fusion of African and electronic music, singing in both English and the Nigerian language, Ibibio. The group recently performed in London, as Soraya Ali reports.
Rescuers were trying to find a register of children to work out how many died when their school building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, an emergency official said on Thursday. Mia Womersley..
Emergency crews sifted through debris to rescue scores of school children and others feared trapped inside a building that collapsed Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria. At least eight people were confirmed..
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, as many as 100 children along with many others, were feared trapped after a building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial..
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, the governor of Lagos state said that several people had been killed when a Nigerian building that housed a school collapsed and that rescuers are..
A building containing a school collapsed in Nigeria's capital of Lagos on Wednesday, an emergency agency spokesman said. There was no immediate information on any casualties.
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Blessing Obuson thought Russia's soccer World Cup would be an opportunity to find a job and flew into Moscow from Nigeria last June on a fan ID. Instead, she found herself forced to work as a..
ABUJA (Reuters) - The defeated main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential elections filed a legal challenge on Monday to last month's vote. Atiku Abubakar's petition said that he, the.. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •Reuters
An 8-year-old homeless Nigerian refugee has won the New York State chess championship for his age bracket. He learned the game about a year ago.
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One of the country's newest and youngest chess champions is being praised for his perseverance through incredible hardship. Tani Adewumi is just eight years old and only learned to play chess about a.. CBS News - Published
A fire killed at least eight people and left 15,000 others without shelter after raging through a northeast Nigerian camp for people displaced by a war against Islamist insurgents, aid group Norwegian.. Reuters - Published
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed in Wednesday's collapse of a four-storey building containing a primary school in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos and 45 others.. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •Reuters
The boy lay wide-eyed on a bed of outstretched arms. The men who carried him, and others looking on, cheered at the sight of the youngster who seconds earlier had been pulled from the rubble of a.. Reuters - Published
Here's the latest for Thursday March 14th: Boeing says it supports decision to ground planes; Colleges take action amid bribery scandal; Building collapse in Nigeria; Winter weather in Plains states.
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Families kept a vigil at a hospital on Thursday for children pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed school building in the Nigerian city of Lagos, as rescue operations came to an end. Reuters - Published
Here's the latest for Thursday March 14th: Boeing says it supports decision to ground planes; Colleges take action amid bribery scandal; Building collapse in Nigeria; Winter weather in Plains states.
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LAGOS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 pupils have been confirmed dead following the collapse of a three-storey building which housed a primary school in Lagos on Wednesday, according to a hospital.. WorldNews - Published
Rescuers were trying to find a register of children to work out how many died when their school building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, an emergency official said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
More people have died after being taken to hospital in the wake of the collapse of a building housing a school in the Nigerian city of Lagos, said an emergency agency official on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Anguished families crowded around the flattened remains of the building, which housed an elementary school, holding out hope more would be found alive CBS News - Published
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