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Panama Papers: More trouble for Nigerian Senate president INTERNATIONAL

Panama Papers: More trouble for Nigerian Senate president

Embattled Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki on Tuesday brushed off allegations of wrongdoing concerning his wife's offshore assets revealed in the Panama Papers as he defended himself in court Tuesday against fraud charges.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Leader of Ansaru jihadist group arrested in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Leader of Ansaru jihadist group arrested in Nigeria

The leader of Nigeria's Ansaru jihadist group, Khalid al-Barnawi, one of three Nigerians listed by Washington in 2012 as "specially designated global terrorists", has been arrested, an army spokesman told AFP on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria's Boko Haram releases new video denying surrender INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria's Boko Haram releases new video denying surrender

Boko Haram released a new video Friday denying any suggestion it might surrender, just over a week after shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a rare message looking dejected and frail.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oil prices up slightly in thin holiday trading ECONOMY

Oil prices up slightly in thin holiday trading

Oil prices climbed in thin Easter holiday trading on Monday, adding to gains in recent weeks as optimism holds that a production freeze among major producers may be implemented.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria checking if would-be bomber is captured Chibok girl INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria checking if would-be bomber is captured Chibok girl

Nigeria is waiting for the green light from Cameroon to verify a would-be suicide bomber's claim that she is one of 276 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria pay price for defensive blunder as Egypt snatch 1-1 draw CULTURE

Nigeria pay price for defensive blunder as Egypt snatch 1-1 draw

Nigeria ignored a football fundamental—always play to the whistle—and it cost them dearly in a 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw with Egypt on Friday night.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria

At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday when two women disguised as men blew themselves up during morning prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, rescue officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria backs efforts to 'stabilise' oil market ECONOMY

Nigeria backs efforts to 'stabilise' oil market

The Nigerian and Saudi leaders on Tuesday supported efforts to stabilise the oil market but Africa's top producer did not commit to a production freeze.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak INTERNATIONAL

101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak

A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up of the virus, according to data from the nation's health authorities released Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria ‘will not rest’ until Chibok girls are home INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria ‘will not rest’ until Chibok girls are home

The Nigerian government “will not rest” until more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in 2014 have been freed, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday during a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
10 dead in suicide attacks in Chibok, NE Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

10 dead in suicide attacks in Chibok, NE Nigeria

At least 10 people were killed when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide bombers kill 32 in north Cameroon market INTERNATIONAL

Suicide bombers kill 32 in north Cameroon market

Thirty-two people were killed on Monday when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016