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Crowd crush kills 35 children at funfair in Nigeria, police say. Billy Stockwell, Nimi Princewill and Lex Harvey, CNN. December 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) urged Tinubu to address the dispute with the ASUU. [21] On 25 June 2024, 1,800 petrol stations were shut down in northeastern Nigeria, after the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) began a strike in protest against an anti-smuggling operation by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
Ivory Coast vs Nigeria LIVE: Latest Afcon final build-up and updates. 17:55, Mike Jones. Nigeria have conceded just two goals in six games during this tournament. William Troost-Ekong and long ...
Ivory Coast vs DR Congo LIVE: Latest Afcon semi-final updates. Nigeria punch ticket to Africa Cup of Nations final after dramatic penalty shootout win. 20:05, Ben Fleming.
The End Bad Governance protests, widely known by the hashtags #EndBadGovernance or #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Nigeria [7] that mainly occurred from 1 August to 10 August 2024, triggered by the rising cost of living in the country.
On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained president Mohamed Bazoum.Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, after confirming the success of the coup.
The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline connecting Europe and Nigeria was still being planned at the time of the coup. The coup is seen by the International Crisis Group as encouraging for jihadists, as the coups in Mali and Burkina Faso were followed by intensified jihadist violence, according to ACLED data.
The National Examination Council announced an indefinite postponement of the 2020 common entrance examination into 104 Unity schools in Nigeria, which was supposed to hold on 28 March. [64] Enugu State government banned all social and political gatherings in the state. [65] Actors Guild of Nigeria banned movie sets across Nigeria. [66]