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Nigeria says can tap mineral wealth despite coronavirus unrest

Business Sep 09
Nigeria aims to have 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for time lost because of the impact of COVID-19 on development of the nascent sector, the country’s mining minister said in an interview.
Domestic flights within Nigeria have already resumed
KLM and Etihad among airlines barred from Nigeria
Business Sep 05
Nigeria has barred airlines from a number of countries as it resumes international passenger flights on Saturday.
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Nigeria: Four women sell newborn for N1.5m
Life Style Sep 04
Four women have been taken into custody for allegedly selling a newborn for N1,500,000.
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila
Nigeria's Speaker to meet President Akufo-Addo over 'maltreatment' of Nigerians
Politics Sep 02
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila will be in Ghana’s capital, Accra, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 to meet with Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo and other high-ranking members of the Ghanaian government to start diplomatic talks aimed at finding a permanent solution to the continuous harassment of Nigerian traders in Ghana.
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Nigeria slams Ghana over 'harassment of its citizens'
Politics Aug 29
Nigeria has criticised what it calls the "incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana and the progressive acts of hostility towards the country by Ghanaian authorities".
The country will start with four daily international flights landing in Lagos and Abuja airports
Nigeria to enact reciprocity over international flights ban
Business Aug 26
Nigeria Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika?said on Thursday that his country will ban flights from those countries refusing Nigerian flights permission to land due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictive measures imposed.
The rescued man has been admitted to hospital
Nigerian 'locked up by family for 30 years' rescued
Life Style Aug 21
Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have rescued a 55-year-old man who was locked up by his family for 30 years because he was apparently mentally ill, human rights activist Sani Shuaibu has told the BBC.