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Nigerian National Arrested In UP For Cyber Fraud
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested a Nigerian national for alleged cyber fraud and claimed that he used the proceeds to finance anti-government protests in his home country.
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Elite UK School Apologises To Nigerian Ex-Student For Racist Abuse
The head of Britain's Eton College said Tuesday he will invite back a black former student to apologise in person for racism he experienced at the top fee-paying school in the 1960s.
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Detained Nigerian Cleric Leaves Indian Hospital
Nigerian Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky - whose poor health in detention fuelled a wave of violent protests in Abuja - has left a hospital in Gurgaon near Delhi where he arrived for treatment this week, the clinic said Friday, while his office said he was heading home.
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Nigerian Army Uses Donald Trump's Video To Justify Shooting Protesters
Nigeria's army on Friday posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones to justify opening fire on a Shiite group this week.
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Watch Macron Loosen Up On Nigeria Trip With Visit To Legendary Nightclub
In 1977, Nigerian soldiers burned down the legendary concert hall where Fela Kuti performed his protest music that popularized the Afrobeat genre and earned him millions of loyal followers around the world.
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African Nationals Protest Against School Management Over Sodomy Case
Several African nationals today protested outside a private school here demanding immediate removal of its principal, after an 11-year-old Nigerian student was allegedly sodomised by a school staffer.
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Nigerians Attacked: Yogi Adityanath Promises Thorough Probe And Quick Action
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has promised a "fair and impartial" investigation into a mob attack on several African students in Greater Noida, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said this morning. An African student in Greater Noida had in a tweet, pleaded with Ms Swaraj for swift action, saying that living in Noida has become "a life t...
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Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Seeks Report On Arrest Of African Students In UP
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought information from the Uttar Pradesh government over the arrest of some African students for their alleged role in the death of a class 12 student in Greater Noida, near Delhi. The incident happened when a protest march by locals over the death of the class 12 student turned violent. Several Nigerian...
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Ruling Party Protest Disrupts Nigerian Election Count
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Nigerian Police Retract Apparent Ban on Schoolgirls Protests
Nigerian police said on Tuesday that protesters were free to march in the capital Abuja, after an uproar over comments by the police commissioner in which he appeared to ban demonstrations over more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by rebels.
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Bring Back Our Girls Group Challenge Nigerian Police Ban
Supporters of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants headed to court on Tuesday to challenge a police ban on protest marches in the Nigerian capital, calling the decision illegal.
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Nigerian Police Ban Protests Over Kidnapped Girls
Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests in the capital demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls still held captive by Boko Haram militants.
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Nigerian Schools Close to Protest Kidnappings
Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched Thursday to Nigeria's presidential villa to demand more action to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, but President Goodluck Jonathan did not meet with them, leaving a proxy to deliver a lecture that further angered the demonstrators.
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Hundreds Protest in Ghana for Nigerian Girls
Hundreds of women here on Sunday staged a peaceful protest against the kidnapping of the over 200 students from a school in Nigeria by extremist Islamic militant group Boko Haram.
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Nigerian National Arrested In UP For Cyber Fraud
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested a Nigerian national for alleged cyber fraud and claimed that he used the proceeds to finance anti-government protests in his home country.
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Elite UK School Apologises To Nigerian Ex-Student For Racist Abuse
The head of Britain's Eton College said Tuesday he will invite back a black former student to apologise in person for racism he experienced at the top fee-paying school in the 1960s.
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Detained Nigerian Cleric Leaves Indian Hospital
Nigerian Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky - whose poor health in detention fuelled a wave of violent protests in Abuja - has left a hospital in Gurgaon near Delhi where he arrived for treatment this week, the clinic said Friday, while his office said he was heading home.
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Nigerian Army Uses Donald Trump's Video To Justify Shooting Protesters
Nigeria's army on Friday posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones to justify opening fire on a Shiite group this week.
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Watch Macron Loosen Up On Nigeria Trip With Visit To Legendary Nightclub
In 1977, Nigerian soldiers burned down the legendary concert hall where Fela Kuti performed his protest music that popularized the Afrobeat genre and earned him millions of loyal followers around the world.
-
African Nationals Protest Against School Management Over Sodomy Case
Several African nationals today protested outside a private school here demanding immediate removal of its principal, after an 11-year-old Nigerian student was allegedly sodomised by a school staffer.
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Nigerians Attacked: Yogi Adityanath Promises Thorough Probe And Quick Action
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has promised a "fair and impartial" investigation into a mob attack on several African students in Greater Noida, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said this morning. An African student in Greater Noida had in a tweet, pleaded with Ms Swaraj for swift action, saying that living in Noida has become "a life t...
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Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Seeks Report On Arrest Of African Students In UP
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought information from the Uttar Pradesh government over the arrest of some African students for their alleged role in the death of a class 12 student in Greater Noida, near Delhi. The incident happened when a protest march by locals over the death of the class 12 student turned violent. Several Nigerian...
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Ruling Party Protest Disrupts Nigerian Election Count
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling party today sought to disrupt the results of the general election, accusing the head of the electoral commission of bias.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Nigerian Police Retract Apparent Ban on Schoolgirls Protests
Nigerian police said on Tuesday that protesters were free to march in the capital Abuja, after an uproar over comments by the police commissioner in which he appeared to ban demonstrations over more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by rebels.
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Bring Back Our Girls Group Challenge Nigerian Police Ban
Supporters of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants headed to court on Tuesday to challenge a police ban on protest marches in the Nigerian capital, calling the decision illegal.
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Nigerian Police Ban Protests Over Kidnapped Girls
Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests in the capital demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls still held captive by Boko Haram militants.
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Nigerian Schools Close to Protest Kidnappings
Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched Thursday to Nigeria's presidential villa to demand more action to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, but President Goodluck Jonathan did not meet with them, leaving a proxy to deliver a lecture that further angered the demonstrators.
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Hundreds Protest in Ghana for Nigerian Girls
Hundreds of women here on Sunday staged a peaceful protest against the kidnapping of the over 200 students from a school in Nigeria by extremist Islamic militant group Boko Haram.
