The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.
An 8-year-old homeless Nigerian refugee has won the New York State chess championship for his age bracket. He learned the game about a year ago.
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8-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi fled Nigeria in 2017 as he and his family sought asylum from Boko Haram attacks in his home country. But that hasn't stopped him from becoming a chess champion in the..
Ibibio Sound Machine is known for its fusion of African and electronic music, singing in both English and the Nigerian language, Ibibio. The group recently performed in London, as Soraya Ali reports.
Rescuers were trying to find a register of children to work out how many died when their school building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, an emergency official said on Thursday. Mia Womersley..
Emergency crews sifted through debris to rescue scores of school children and others feared trapped inside a building that collapsed Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria. At least eight people were confirmed..
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, as many as 100 children along with many others, were feared trapped after a building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial..
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, the governor of Lagos state said that several people had been killed when a Nigerian building that housed a school collapsed and that rescuers are..
A building containing a school collapsed in Nigeria's capital of Lagos on Wednesday, an emergency agency spokesman said. There was no immediate information on any casualties.
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Blessing Obuson thought Russia's soccer World Cup would be an opportunity to find a job and flew into Moscow from Nigeria last June on a fan ID. Instead, she found herself forced to work as a..
One of the country's newest and youngest chess champions is being praised for his perseverance through incredible hardship. Tani Adewumi is just eight years old and only learned to play chess about a.. CBS News - Published
A fire killed at least eight people and left 15,000 others without shelter after raging through a northeast Nigerian camp for people displaced by a war against Islamist insurgents, aid group Norwegian.. Reuters - Published
Twenty people were killed in Wednesday's collapse of a four-story building containing a primary school in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos and 45 others survived, the state health commissioner said.. Reuters - Published
The boy lay wide-eyed on a bed of outstretched arms. The men who carried him, and others looking on, cheered at the sight of the youngster who seconds earlier had been pulled from the rubble of a.. Reuters - Published
Here's the latest for Thursday March 14th: Boeing says it supports decision to ground planes; Colleges take action amid bribery scandal; Building collapse in Nigeria; Winter weather in Plains states.
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Families kept a vigil at a hospital on Thursday for children pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed school building in the Nigerian city of Lagos, as rescue operations came to an end. Reuters - Published
Here's the latest for Thursday March 14th: Boeing says it supports decision to ground planes; Colleges take action amid bribery scandal; Building collapse in Nigeria; Winter weather in Plains states.
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Rescuers were trying to find a register of children to work out how many died when their school building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, an emergency official said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
More people have died after being taken to hospital in the wake of the collapse of a building housing a school in the Nigerian city of Lagos, said an emergency agency official on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Anguished families crowded around the flattened remains of the building, which housed an elementary school, holding out hope more would be found alive CBS News - Published
At least one person was killed and dozens of children were among those feared trapped after a four-storey building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on.. Reuters - Published
Rescue efforts are underway in Lagos, Nigeria where a 3-story school building has collapsed. Possibly dozens of children are believed to be trapped. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins.. CBS News - Published
Children carried out of rubble in Nigeria after a three-story school building collapsed while classes were in session. (March 13)
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Some people were killed when a Nigerian building that housed a school collapsed on Wednesday, the governor of Lagos state said, as rescuers continued to search for survivors. Reuters - Published
As many as 100 children and many others were feared trapped on Wednesday after a building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Reuters - Published
Seven children have been rescued from the wreckage of a building that collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos on Wednesday, residents said. Reuters - Published
Many people including children were feared trapped on Wednesday after a building containing a school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, an emergency agency spokesman said, as rescue.. Reuters - Published
Nigeria's ruling party took a close lead in elections for powerful state governors on Tuesday, although the final results hang in the balance as seven races were declared inconclusive or suspended. Reuters - Published
Gunmen in Nigeria abducted a Lebanese construction worker and killed another man in the northern city of Kano on Tuesday morning, a police official said. Reuters - Published
Nigeria's elections need serious reform after being marred by violence, systemic failings and low turnout, the European Union observer mission said on Monday. Reuters - Published
Counting in the vote to elect the governor of the oil-rich southern Nigerian state of Rivers was suspended on Sunday, the electoral commission said, following violence at polling stations and collation.. Reuters - Published
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