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Nigeria police detain driver in fatal Joshua car crash

LAGOS, Nigeria—The driver of a car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been held in...

Burst tire, speed contributed to Joshua crash, say investigators

LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigeria traffic compliance agency said Tuesday that preliminary investigations showed the car involved in an accident in which former world...

Ex-heavyweight champion Joshua ‘stable’ after fatal road accident in Nigeria

SAGAMU, Nigeria—Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was in a “stable condition” in hospital after a car accident in Nigeria that killed two...

Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian kidnap

LAGOS, Nigeria – Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group...

Over 220 pupils, teachers kidnapped from Nigeria school

Lagos, Nigeria – Gunmen kidnapped 227 pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said, in the second brazen school abduction...

Trump threatens armed action in Nigeria

WEST PALM BEACH – US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday (Sunday Manila time) to send the military into Nigeria with “guns-a-blazing” if Africa’s...

‘Bandits’ kidnap 18 women, children

NIGERIA – Gunmen killed one man and abducted 18 women and children during a raid on a village in Nigeria’s Zamfar state, in the...

Nigeria deports 60 Chinese, 39 Filipino scammers

Lagos, Nigeria—Nigeria has deported 102 foreigners including 60 Chinese nationals and 39 Filipinos convicted of "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud," its anti-corruption agency said Thursday. The Economic...

DMW to form migrant workers office in Nigeria

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is strengthening efforts to document overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in West Africa as it seeks to establish a...

Nigeria rejects US migrant deportations

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria pushed back on accepting Venezuelans deported from the United States on Thursday, as US media reported President Donald Trump was...

Jihadists kill at least 11 soldiers in Nigeria: military

Fighters affiliated to the Islamic State group killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack on their base in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria, military...

Afro-Brazilian carnival celebrates cultural kinship in Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria—Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio...

Nigeria airforce kills 6 civilians in northeast by mistake

Kano, Nigeria - An army jet killed at least six civilians after mistakenly attacking them while pursuing gangs in northern Nigeria's Katsina state, residents told...

DMW warns Filipinos seeking jobs abroad from illegal ‘third country recruitment’

The Department of Migrant Workers (DWM) on Monday warned Filipinos seeking jobs abroad from "third country recruitment" schemes by illegal recruiters and syndicates proliferating...
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