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Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, from where...

Boy who took his own life allegedly told to pay $500 to stop personal photos being shared with family and friendsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwo men in Nigeria have been charged over an alleged sextortion case that led to a teenage Australian boy taking his own life.The boy...

Students and staff snatched by gunmen from school in Kaduna state freed days before ransom deadlineThe Nigerian army has rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country’s north earlier this month, the military said, days before the deadline for a ransom payment.School officials and residents had said 287 students were taken on 7 March in the town...

High temperatures in February affected millions of people and put further pressure on chocolate pricesA searing heatwave that struck west Africa in February was made 4C hotter and 10 times more likely by human-caused global heating, a study has found.The heat affected millions of people but the number of early deaths or cases of illness are unknown, due to a lack of reporting. Continue...

Two mass abductions were the latest in a series of group kidnappings by gunmenNigerian security forces continued to search forests and set up roadblocks in the north-west of the country on Sunday in an attempt to find hundreds of kidnapped schoolchildren, but observers said combing the woodland expanses could take weeks.More than 280 children aged between seven and 18 were taken from a school...

Attackers force their way into school days after 300 children abducted in different Nigerian state Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 pupils from a school in Nigeria in a dawn raid on Saturday, days after about 300 children were abducted in another armed raid.The gunmen forced their way into the school premises in the Sokoto village of Gidan Bakuso, in the country’s north-west, and started...

President sends in military after mass abduction from school in north-western state of KadunaNigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent troops to rescue more than 250 children kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the north-west of the country in one of the largest mass abductions in recent years.The mass kidnapping in Kaduna state was the second in a week in Nigeria, where heavily...

Assailants reportedly surrounded Kuriga school as pupils were starting the day in second abduction in country in less than a weekGunmen have attacked a school in Nigeria’s north-west region seizing at least 287 students, in the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.Authorities had said earlier that more than 100 students were taken hostage in the attack. But...

Scam involves more than 700 healthcare workers who used proxies to pass test in Nigeria enabling them to work in the UKHundreds of frontline NHS staff are treating patients despite being under investigation for their part in an alleged “industrial-scale” qualifications fraud.More than 700 nurses are caught up in a potential scandal, which a former head of the Royal College of Nursing said could...

Police launch investigation after attack on home of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara stateGunmen killed a Nigerian traditional monarch and kidnapped his wife after raiding his palace, police said, as outrage grows over a spate of abductions across the country.Attackers stormed the palace of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara state, shot him dead and abducted his wife and another person...

Pidgin English term triggers debate after going viral in new year as a motto for self-reliance and resilienceA Nigerian slang term meaning not letting anyone bully or cheat you is sparking debate after police warned the slogan could be a message of rebellion.While not new, the pidgin English term “No gree for anybody”, and variations of it, has been going viral since the start...

‘Bandits’ started attacks in Bokkos area and spilled into neighbouring Barkin Ladi, according to local chairmanArmed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday.The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army on Sunday evening of just 16 dead in a region plagued for...