Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Chris Ewokor - BBC News, Abuja July 13, 2024 at 5:13 AM Twenty-two children have died and at least 132 have been injured after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state ...
By Abraham Achirga and Hamza Ibrahim. ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's police on Saturday arrested dozens of protesters and fired teargas to disperse those trying to march to government offices in the ...
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) -An airstrike on a village in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state killed at least 33 people last week, four residents and a traditional leader said, after a military ...
Arrested. 1 journalist [ 6] 1000+ protesters. The End Bad Governance protests, widely known by the hashtags #EndBadGovernance or #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Nigeria [ 7] that mainly occurred from 1 August to 10 August 2024, triggered by the rising cost of living in the country. [ 8]
April 2014 Abuja attacks: 2014-04-14 Bus Stand, Abuja, Nigeria 71 Two bombs exploded in a crowded bus station in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria. [46] 2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre: 2014-05-06 Gamboru, Borno, Nigeria 300+ [47] Militants attacked at night and set houses ablaze. When people tried to escape, they were shot dead. [48] Gwoza massacre ...
Abuja (/ ə ˈ b uː dʒ ə /) [4] is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. [5] Situated in the middle of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Planning Associates (IPA), [6] [7] [8] a consortium of three American planning and architecture firms made up of Wallace, Roberts ...
August 4, 2024 at 9:37 AM. Demonstrators nationwide have been chanted slogans such as: “We are hungry” [Getty Images] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appealed for protests to end after ...
Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012, Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence. [ 2][ 3] Nigerian politicians find themselves in a strong position of power and wealth due to their connections with the oil and gas industries in Nigeria.