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Published on 17:33 GMT

Tosin Faniro-Dada takes the helm of Endeavor Nigeria as its New Managing Director & CEO .

Global entrepreneurship network, Endeavor has announced the decision of its Nigeria Board of Directors to appoint Tosin Faniro-Dada as Managing Director & CEO of Endeavor Nigeria, effective March 1, 2021. Tosin takes over from Eloho Omame, who …

Source: Ventures Africa - Neutral
Published on 15:11 GMT

Gunmen storm secondary school, kidnap over 300 girls in Nigeria

Government soldiers were pictured outside the school after the kidnapping (Image: @ohibabanews /Twitter) Hundreds of girls have been kidnapped in Nigeria by unidentified armed gunmen who stormed a secondary school in the town of Jangebe in Zamfara …

Source: The Standard - Uncategorized
Published on 17:15 GMT

Victims of mid-February Nigeria school abduction freed

Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said Saturday, a day after gunmen abducted more than 300 schoolgirls in the northwest. "The abducted students, staff and relatives …

Source: Digital Journal - Neutral
Published on 11:57 GMT

Steve Mawuenyega’s last dream : Ghana or Nigeria to win World Cup in 2030 |

Steve Very few persons in Nigeria know the name Steve Mawuenyega. But not so in Ghana where he came from. I am referring to him in the past tense because by the time you are reading this today, my very close friend and co-traveller on the journey of big …

Source: Ghana MMA - Neutral
Published on 10:18 GMT

Gunmen Take 317 Schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Latest Mass Abduction

KANO, Nigeria—Unidentified gunmen seized 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria on Friday, police said, the second such kidnapping in little over a week in a region increasingly targeted by militants. School kidnappings, first practiced by jihadist groups …

Source: The Epoch Times - Uncategorized
Published on 11:55 GMT

School children abducted in Nigeria’s Niger state released, governor says

MAIDUGURI: Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central state of Niger, the state’s governor said. Their release comes just a day after a separate raid on …

Source: Pakistan Today - Uncategorized
Published on 13:03 GMT

Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed

Source: BBC - Public Broadcaster
Published on 12:39 GMT

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 update (26 February 2021)

600 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-169 Taraba-92 Ogun-65 Cross River-57 FCT-38 Rivers-28 Kwara-26 Akwa Ibom-25 Osun-21 Plateau-12 Borno-9 Gombe-9 Abia-8 Ebonyi-8 Ekiti-7 Kano-7 Delta-6 Oyo-6 Bauchi-3 Nasarawa-3 Sokoto-1 155,076 confirmed 132,544 …

Distribution channels: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry, World & Regional
Published on 12:54 GMT

Nigeria: Gunmen release abducted Kagara schoolchildren — governor

Following a 10-day ordeal, the abducted children, family members and teachers from a school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger have been released, the state governor said on Saturday. Gunmen freed 42 people, including 27 students, three school …

Source: Deutsche Welle - Public Broadcaster
Published on 12:57 GMT

Over 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria

The raid in Zamfara state, where the governor ordered all boarding schools to close immediately, was the second such kidnapping in little over a week in the country's northwest, a region increasingly targeted by militants and criminal gangs. Zamfara …

Source: Mint - Neutral