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Head-on collision on Nigeria highway: 21 killed in accident; truck hits passenger vehicle on wrong lane

At least 21 people were killed in a road accident in Nigeria’s northwestern Kano state on Sunday, said the Federal Road Safety CorpsPreliminary investigations revealed that a commercial passenger vehicle was driving against the traffic on the Zaria-Karo expressway, violating established road safety regulations. The vehicle then collided head-on with a heavy-duty truck.The commercial driver […]

Nigeria flooding death toll jumps past 200 | World News

Nigeria flooding death toll jumps past 200 (AP) ABUJA: Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.The town of Mokwa was hit with the worst flash flood in living memory Thursday from overnight rains, with […]

Rescue operations underway after Nigeria flooding kills at least 150 | World News

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. ABUJA: Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.The sharp jump from the previous death toll of 115 […]

Nigeria: Death toll from major floods passes 100

The death toll from widespread floods in central Nigeria rose to at least 111 people on Friday.After torrential rains earlier in the week, flood waters have swept away more than 50 homes in the market town of Mokwa in the central Niger state.Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesperson for the Niger State emergency agency told the Associated […]

Dutch museum removes ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria | World News

Dutch museum removes ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria (Photo: AFP) Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.The artefact is a “Benin Bronze”, a priceless cultural object […]

Nigeria: Autistic teenager sets world painting record

Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke (Image Credit AP) In an effort to raise awareness of autism and the challenges faced by autistic people, a 15-year-old Nigerian boy has made global headlines after he set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas.Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, who is autistic, created a work of art with a multicolored ribbon, a […]

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Nigeria bombing that killed 26

The Islamic State’s West African affiliate, known as IS West Africa Province, claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion in Nigeria that killed 26 people, including women and children. The explosions occurred on a busy thoroughfare linking Rann and Gamboru in Borno state, near the Cameroon border, according to Nigerian police spokesperson Nahum Daso’s statement to […]