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More Than 300 Children Are Missing And Feared Kidnapped Or Dead After Nigerian School Attack

More Than 300 Children Are Missing And Feared Kidnapped Or Dead After Nigerian School Attack

More than 300 students remain missing after gunmen attacked an all-boys school in northwestern Nigeria on Friday. Though the search has continued throughout the weekend, authorities have expressed their fears that many of the schoolboys are either in captivity or dead after attempting to flee to safety. As was previously reported by Al Jazeera, attackers […]

3y ago

Hijacked Oil Tanker Nave Andromeda Stormed By British Special Forces, Stowaways Detained

Hijacked Oil Tanker Nave Andromeda Stormed By British Special Forces, Stowaways Detained

British Special Services were called upon to rescue a hijacked oil tanker off the U.K. coast in the early hours of Sunday, October 25. According to reports from The Guardian, seven suspects were detained on the vessel following a request from local authorities for specialist armed services to regain control of the hijacked ship. The […]

4y ago

Rihanna, Beyonce, And Other Celebs React To Nigeria Protest Shootings: ‘My Heart Is Broken For Nigeria’

Rihanna, Beyonce, And Other Celebs React To Nigeria Protest Shootings: ‘My Heart Is Broken For Nigeria’

Rihanna, Beyonce, and Nicki Minaj are among the celebrities who have spoken out in support of Nigeria’s #EndSars movement following reports of violence at protests last night. Thousands of Nigerians joined peaceful protests in Lagos on Tuesday to campaign against police brutality, as the BBC reported. The movement began two weeks ago after a video […]

4y ago

Watch Brazil Vs. Nigeria Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, International Friendly Match In Singapore

Watch Brazil Vs. Nigeria Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, International Friendly Match In Singapore

Brazil is playing its third match, of the international-friendly variety, since winning the Copa America final over Peru in July. Meanwhile, Nigeria has struggled, as The Inquisitr reported, and they took third place in the Africa Cup of Nations, also in July, with a 1-0 win in the consolation match against Tunisia. But neither team […]

5y ago

Watch Tunisia Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations 3rd-Place Match, Start Time, Preview

Watch Tunisia Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations 3rd-Place Match, Start Time, Preview

Nigeria and Tunisia, which both ranked among the favorites to win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations championship, find themselves able to do no better than third place, after each suffered disappointing semifinal ousters. Nigeria, especially, took a crushing blow, as The South African reported. With their match against Algeria appearing ready for extra time, […]

5y ago

Watch Algeria Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 Semifinal, Start Time, Preview, How To Watch

Watch Algeria Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 Semifinal, Start Time, Preview, How To Watch

Two teams that have four African Cup of Nations titles between them battle for the chance to make it five, when Nigeria — which possesses three of those AFCON titles — faces Algeria, in a semifinal match that also features a battle of English Premier League standouts, as the BBC reports. Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi […]

5y ago

Watch Nigeria Vs. South Africa Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 2nd Quarterfinal Match, Start Time

Watch Nigeria Vs. South Africa Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 2nd Quarterfinal Match, Start Time

South Africa will attempt to follow up on their stunning upset of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations host and favorite Egypt when they face their continental economic rival Nigeria in a quarterfinal showdown against the team Captain Thulani Hlatshwayo calls their biggest rival, according to The South African. And the winner of the match will […]

5y ago

Watch Nigeria Vs. Cameroon Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 Round Of 16 Knockout Match, Start Time

Watch Nigeria Vs. Cameroon Live Stream: Africa Cup Of Nations 2019 Round Of 16 Knockout Match, Start Time

Defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Cameroon enter the first-ever AFCON Round of 16 facing the same team that they faced to open the knockout stage in 2004, the last time the Indomitable Lions were defending champions, according to The South African. That team, the Nigeria Super Eagles, eliminated Cameroon in 2004. But this time, […]

5y ago

Watch Madagascar Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group B Battle For Supremacy, Start Time

Watch Madagascar Vs. Nigeria Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group B Battle For Supremacy, Start Time

The Nigeria Super Eagles eliminated a major distraction, heading into their final group stage match in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, when they finally received their wages from their country’s football federation, payments that the players said were more than three weeks late, according to Goal.com. They also received the bonuses they were owed […]

5y ago

Watch Nigeria Vs. Guinea Live Stream: Clash Of Top Teams In 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group B, Start Time

Watch Nigeria Vs. Guinea Live Stream: Clash Of Top Teams In 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group B, Start Time

The two favorites in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group B square off in a match that could secure the Nigeria Super Eagles their spot in the AFCON quarterfinals. But they must first take three points from the match against a team that one expert called a potential “banana peel” that could slip Nigeria […]

5y ago

2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview: Nigeria

2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview: Nigeria

The Nigerian Women’s National Team have long dominated women’s soccer on the continent of Africa, winning 9 out of the 11 total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, but that success hasn’t translated to the global stage where the team has something of a reputation for underachieving, having been unable to make it out of the […]

5y ago

Nigeria 2019 Election Update: Polls Canceled At Last Minute, Voting Will Now Take Place February 23

Nigeria 2019 Election Update: Polls Canceled At Last Minute, Voting Will Now Take Place February 23

The 2019 Nigerian presidential election has been delayed at the last minute, with polls being moved back one week until February 23. As the BBC reported, the dramatic move came just hours before polls were set to open on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission cited logistical issues in making the move. “Proceeding with […]

5y ago

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Shoots Down Conspiracy Theory That He Is A Clone

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Shoots Down Conspiracy Theory That He Is A Clone

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he had died and was replaced by a Sudanese impostor. He made an announcement on Sunday to shoot down the conspiracy that has been circulating on social media for many months. He is running for re-election in February 2019. Per a news article by Business Insider, Buhari […]

6y ago

Nigerian Government Has Been Using Clips Of Trump’s Comments On Caravan To Defend Shooting Protestors

Nigerian Government Has Been Using Clips Of Trump’s Comments On Caravan To Defend Shooting Protestors

On Friday, November 2, the Nigerian Army shared a tweet containing a video of Donald Trump recommending that American troops should open fire on migrants that throw rocks at them. The impetus behind the sharing of Trump’s video was suggested to be a means of justification for the Nigerian Army’s actions in killing Shia protesters […]

6y ago

Prince Charles Hosted Nigerian Fashion Designers In Preparation For His Visit To Africa

Prince Charles Hosted Nigerian Fashion Designers In Preparation For His Visit To Africa

According to Punch, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla invited a multitude of African artists and creatives into their home on October 24. Two included guests were Nigerian fashion designers. Other guests were “entrepreneurs, actors and actresses, musicians, [and] opinion leaders.” Prince Charles and his wife were able to see some of the designers’ work […]

6y ago

Watch Nigeria Vs. Argentina 2018 FIFA World Cup Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

Watch Nigeria Vs. Argentina 2018 FIFA World Cup Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

If Argentina do not win on Tuesday, all-time great goal scorer Lionel Messi will likely have played in his last World Cup game, but that’s not important to Argentina’s opponent the Nigeria Super Eagles, as Sky Sports reported, who know that a win will send them through to the Round of 16 at Argentina’s expense […]

6y ago

Watch Nigeria Vs. Iceland 2018 FIFA World Cup Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

Watch Nigeria Vs. Iceland 2018 FIFA World Cup Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

Iceland, a country with only about 330,000 inhabitants, became the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup. If they can secure at least a draw with Nigeria on Friday, the upstarts from up north will become the first team since 2002, according to The Sporting News, to go unbeaten in the first two […]

6y ago

Boko Haram Terrorists Free 82 Chibok Girls Three Years After Mass Abduction, Nigerian Government Says

Boko Haram Terrorists Free 82 Chibok Girls Three Years After Mass Abduction, Nigerian Government Says

Boko Haram militants have released 82 Chibok girls out of a group of 276 abducted in 2014 from a school in the northeastern town of Chibok, the Nigerian government said in a statement on Saturday. The girls were handed over to the Nigerian authorities in exchange for Boko Haram suspects being held by the government. […]

7y ago

UNICEF Frees Almost 900 Children Held In Captivity By Nigerian Government For Suspected Boko Haram Ties

UNICEF Frees Almost 900 Children Held In Captivity By Nigerian Government For Suspected Boko Haram Ties

The United Nations managed to free almost 900 children who were detained by Nigeria’s official government. The children were rounded up from areas that the Nigerian army and allied security forces recaptured from Boko Haram militants over the last few months. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) negotiated the release of 876 children held captive […]

8y ago

Abducted Chibok School Girls Killed In Nigerian Airstrikes, Boko Haram Shows Dead Bodies In Video

Abducted Chibok School Girls Killed In Nigerian Airstrikes, Boko Haram Shows Dead Bodies In Video

In Agos, Nigeria, it’s being reported that a number of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been killed due to Nigerian military airstrikes. In a video that comes from Boko Haram Islamic extremists, a victim is shown pleading for authorities to release the detained militant members so that the girls can go free. The video, which […]

8y ago

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