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Nov 2, 2024 · Living with Nigeria's blackouts - six weeks, no power. Large parts of Nigeria are experiencing power outages due to problems with the country's grid. All the latest content about Nigeria from the BBC.
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Nigeria hit by widespread blackout in 'total system collapse' - BBC
Sep 14, 2023 · A "total system collapse" caused widespread power cuts across Nigeria on Thursday. Early in the morning, levels of power generated in Africa's most populous country fell to zero megawatts.
Nigeria country profile - BBC News
Jul 28, 2023 · Nigeria faces multiple security challenges: the jihadist insurgency in the north, clashes between animal herders and farmers over water and grazing rights, widespread banditry and kidnappings, a ...
Nigeria poll results and protests as it happened - BBC
Feb 27, 2023 · Nigeria's opposition Labour Party is to mount a legal challenge against the presidential election victory of Bola Tinubu of the governing APC. Labour's Peter Obi came third in Saturday's vote.
Nigeria's mass abductions: What lies behind the resurgence? - BBC
Nigeria is once more being rocked by mass abductions. Twice in one week, gangs of motorcycle-riding armed men, operating from forests in two different places in the north of the country, kidnapped ...
Nigeria set to boycott Afcon 2025 qualifier in Libya - BBC
Oct 14, 2024 · Nigeria will boycott their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Libya on Tuesday after their players were left stranded at an airport overnight.
Nigeria diphtheria outbreak kills 600 - BBC
Oct 12, 2023 · More than 600 people, mostly children, have died of diphtheria in Nigeria since the current outbreak began in December 2022, officials say. With 14,000 suspected cases, this outbreak is far worse ...
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu declares state of emergency over …
Jul 14, 2023 · Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency to tackle rising food prices and shortages. Some of the initiatives include using money saved by the recent removal of a fuel ...
Nigeria airstrike 'mistakenly' kills worshippers at religious festival
At least 85 civilians were killed in Kaduna state, north-west Nigeria, in an air strike during a Muslim religious celebration on Sunday, the local emergency management authority said. The ...