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# thousands killed
Boko Haram kidnap 20 women close to where 300 schoolgirls were abducted in April
Eyewitnesses say the women were forced into vehicles at gunpoint.
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Jun 10th 2014, 10:00 AM
# Hostages
Nigerian authorities 'furious' parents of four girls failed to say children had safely returned
Authorities have revised down number of girls kidnapped. There are 219 girls still missing.
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May 29th 2014, 9:22 AM
# Own Goal
Nigeria keeper somehow throws the ball into his own net against Scotland
Way to catch the ball.
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May 28th 2014, 10:38 PM
# Boko Haram
Nigeria says it's located missing schoolgirls, but won't use force to rescue them
“The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you,” the country’s top military official told reporters.
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May 27th 2014, 9:37 AM
# Boko Haram
US says no one else is helping find abducted girls in Nigeria - despite help from Britain, France, Israel
China has also offered its assistance, while the United Nations imposed sanctions on Boko Haram
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May 23rd 2014, 8:57 AM
Voices
Column: With a positive attitude and determination to succeed, the sky is the limit
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide this weekend. Here, entrepreneur Timi Martins talks about being an entrepreneur in Ireland.
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May 22nd 2014, 1:00 PM
# deadly blasts
"Cruel and evil" twin car bomb attack kills 46 in Nigeria
The incident could stoke fears about security in the country.
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May 20th 2014, 8:20 PM
Voices
Column: 'Africa is not a single country, many countries and cultures make up the continent'
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide this week. Here, writer and broadcaster Carol Azams writes about her life in Ireland.
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May 20th 2014, 1:03 PM
# paris meeting
Countries 'declare war' on Boko Haram over abducted girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met his counterparts from neighbouring countries to approve an action plan today.
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May 17th 2014, 7:54 PM
# Nigeria
Boko Haram kill one Chinese worker and kidnap 10 others in Cameroon
The militants stormed an encampment used by Chinese road workers last night.
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May 17th 2014, 12:46 PM
# kidnapped
Abducted schoolgirls: Nigeria says it will talk to Boko Haram
Meanwhile, a regional governor has said that all of the girls shown in a video release by the militant group had been identified as students in the school attacked last month.
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May 14th 2014, 10:19 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Morning! Here’s everything you need to know as you kick off your Tuesday.
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May 13th 2014, 8:37 AM
# bring back our girls
US flying 'manned missions' in search of abducted Nigeria girls
The Lagos Government dismissed a prisoner-swap offer from the Boko Haram kidnappers.
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May 13th 2014, 8:02 AM
# bring back our girls
David Cameron told to "shut up" on telly, then ripped to shreds on Twitter
The British PM appeared on the Andrew Marr show this morning and spoke about the Nigerian kidnappings.
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May 11th 2014, 1:17 PM
# Boko Haram
Nigeria "failed to act" on warnings over Boko Haram kidnappings
Amnesty International says that security forces knew about the attack four hours before it happened.
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May 10th 2014, 1:20 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Morning! Today’s top stories so far…
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May 10th 2014, 8:26 AM
# Nigeria
Abducted schoolgirls: Michelle Obama to deliver White House address
The UN Security Council has condemned the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian girls, abducted by Boko Haram three weeks ago.
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May 10th 2014, 7:27 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good Morning. It’s Wednesday and these are the nine stories you should know before 9 o’clock hits.
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May 7th 2014, 8:29 AM
# Boko Haram
Dublin rally to 'bring back our girls' missing in Nigeria
The protest is to raise awareness about the missing 220 students taken from a school in Chibok.
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May 7th 2014, 6:45 AM
# Boko Haram
US offers help as UNICEF condemns Nigerian schoolgirl kidnappings
John Kerry made a phone call today to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, just hours after it was revealed that eight more girls had been taken.
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May 6th 2014, 9:33 PM
# Nigeria
'I will sell them in the market' - Boko Haram leader admits to abducting 223 schoolgirls
There are fears some of the girls were sold as brides for as little as $12.
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May 5th 2014, 9:38 PM
# bring back our girls
Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls reportedly sold into marriages
Around 220 schoolgirls are still missing after being abducted by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
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Apr 30th 2014, 10:19 PM
# Boko Haram
234 girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Nigeria
The girls are all missing from a school that was attacked by Boko Haram last week.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 3:00 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Apr 14th 2014, 4:51 PM
# Boko Haram
Death toll in Nigeria bus station bombs rises to 71
President Goodluck Jonathan is on his way to the scene, where a further 124 commuters were injured.
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Apr 14th 2014, 11:21 AM
# Ibadan
Rotting bodies and skeletons found in Nigerian ‘House of Horror’
Police also rescued several severely malnourished people found wandering nearby. It’s reported that others were found alive, shackled inside.
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Mar 23rd 2014, 8:30 PM
# Nigeria
Nigerian police free pregnant teens in 'baby factory' raid
The teenagers and young women were found in a house that was stormed in the Akute district.
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Mar 22nd 2014, 12:15 PM
# attacks
Shot, burnt and 'hacked with machetes': Over 100 killed in three Nigerian villages
Around 20 assailants with guns and machetes stormed the villages in central Nigeria, local officials say.
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Mar 16th 2014, 4:38 PM
# Abuja
Seven jobseekers killed in Nigeria stadium stampede
Witnesses said that only one entrance at the 60,000 capacity Abuja stadium was open as the crush occurred.
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Mar 15th 2014, 12:22 PM
# Boko Haram
37 dead after militia launch three separate attacks
The attack came the day after students were killed at a boardingg school in Yobe state.
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Feb 27th 2014, 9:30 PM
# Islamic militants
Students hacked to death and burned alive at their secondary school
Islamic militants set fire to a locked dormitory at the school in Nigeria and shot and killed anyone who tried to escape.
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Feb 26th 2014, 11:19 AM
# LGBT Rights
Gilmore "deeply concerned" over Nigerian homosexuality law
The Tánaiste says Ireland is “completely opposed to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation”.
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Feb 16th 2014, 7:45 AM
Voices
Column: Living for love, dying because of hate – the rising tide of homophobia in Africa
Jean-Claude Roger Mbebe died an untimely death last week, after his family allegedly prevented him from receiving necessary medical treatment. He had been previously been convicted of “homosexuality and attempted homosexuality” and imprisoned.
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Jan 18th 2014, 12:00 PM
# Training
Wexford company to train 1,000 construction workers in Nigeria
The partnership deal is worth €3 million over three years.
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Nov 16th 2013, 6:30 AM
Voices
Column: An oil spill in America provoked outrage, but other victims are more easily ignored
People in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta have suffered thousands of oil spills – which have ruined livelihoods, public health and the environment. Why are they not being listened to? Because oil companies control information about the spills.
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Nov 11th 2013, 7:30 PM
# Environment
NUIM dedicates book and audio archive to activist 'ahead of his time'
Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military 18 years ago.
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Nov 7th 2013, 5:43 PM
# bodo creek
Amnesty: Shell made 'false claims' on oil spills
Shell has said that it firmly rejects the report, and rejects claims that it exaggerated the impact of oil theft and sabotage.
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Nov 7th 2013, 6:45 AM
# eclipse
There was a partial solar eclipse in parts of the world today (pics, video)
No sign of it here in Ireland unfortunately…
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Nov 3rd 2013, 7:35 PM
# Pirates
Two Americans kidnapped by pirates off Nigerian coast
The US Navy and the Marine Corps had not yet received orders to intervene.
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Oct 24th 2013, 9:37 PM
# BBC
Previously lost Doctor Who episodes found in Nigeria
The find brings the number of lost episodes of the cult sci-fi show down to 97.
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Oct 11th 2013, 8:25 PM
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