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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Nigeria: Lagos lockdown over Covid-19

    The restriction on movement is to try and slow down the spread of coronavirus.

  2. Nigeria: Gunmen free kidnapped schoolchildren

    The children were taken from an Islamic school in Tegina, Niger state

  3. Nigeria: Fears for kidnapped children

    Hundreds of boys are still missing in Katsina State

  4. Nigeria: At least 40 people have died after flooding in Jigawa State

    More than 10,000 people have also been displaced.

  5. Nigeria: Are election petitions relevant?

    Election tribunal rejects Nigeria presidential election challenge

  6. Nigeria: activists are demanding the government declares a state of emergency on Gender Based violence

    That's because of a campaign to find the killers of the 22 year old Uwavera Omozuwa

  7. Nigeria: 30 train passengers abducted

    The country will hold general elections in February

  8. Nigeria: Authorities announce tighter Covid-19 measures following a spike in cases.

    The NCDC says the risk of transmission has increased with festive activities picking up

  9. Nigeria Twitter ban to end 'if conditions are met'

    President Buhari's team is in talks with Twitter to agree on conditions of use in Nigeria

  10. Nigeria suspends spy chief in connection with $43m find

    The cash was found in a Lagos flat

  11. Nigeria starts vaccinations in the north against meningitis

    Medical officials focus on Zamfara state, in the northwest, in a bid to stop an outbreak

  12. Nigeria slides back into recession

    Economy hit by "perfect storm" of COVID19 pandemic, oil prices and... EndSARS protests

  13. Nigeria Senate passes controversial electoral law

    The law allows for manual transmission of election results if electronic methods fail

  14. Nigeria seeks death probe in Kenya

    It wants the deaths of two of its citizens in Kenya, investigated

  15. Nigeria Ruling Party Hit By Defections

    More than 50 lawmakers - from the upper and lower houses have left the ruling APC

  16. Nigeria rolls out ambitious jobs plan

    Nigeria’s Employment minister says the job scheme will help poor, unskilled workers

  17. Nigeria releases Boko Haram suspects

    Over 200 detainees are handed over to the governor of Borno

  18. Nigeria reels after farmers' massacre

    Dozens of farmers were killed in Borno State during the weekend

  19. Nigeria pushes back on 'Christian genocide' claims

    Claims of a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria spark a global debate and government pushback

  20. Nigeria President Visits Biafra Separatists Region

    Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari begins tour despite threats from Biafra separatists

  21. Nigeria President Buhari sworn in

    President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term during a low key ceremony

  22. Nigeria police rescue 'house of horrors' captives

    More than 300 people, mostly children were found in chains in a building in Kaduna

  23. Nigeria Plateau State Under Curfew Following Deadly Weekend

    About 86 people dead in clashes between farmers and herdsmen says Nigerian Government.

  24. Nigeria Parliament in lockdown

    Parliament was forced to go into lock down after the building was stormed by protesters

  25. Nigeria Opens First Dry Port in Kaduna

    Kaduna's container facility is linked by rail to Lagos.

  26. Nigeria on verge of being polio-free

    Nigeria to be declared free of the disease if no new cases are declared by August 21st

  27. Nigeria negotiates $346m arms deal with US

    The US weapons sale to Nigeria is likely to include precision bombs and rockets

  28. Nigeria moves to outlaw paying ransoms to kidnappers

    The senate passes a bill seeking to give a 15-year jail sentence to ransom payers

  29. Nigeria mass trials begin

    Boko Haram suspects in court; Liberia election nears; Ugandan independence assessed.

  30. Nigeria lifts Twitter ban

    The ban lasted seven months, but many Nigerians circumvented it using VPN software

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