Nigerian officials charged six central bank workers and 16 commercial bankers in a $40.2 million fraud scandal on Sunday, just days after the country’s new
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New Nigerian president seeks to crush “godless” Boko Haram
New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the “mindless, godless” militants of Boko Haram and rescue hundreds of women and children held
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His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 Inaugural Speech
Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015 I am
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No exit: For female jihadis, Syria is one-way journey
FRANCE — When three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time;
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Nigeria’s Buhari: from coup leader to ‘converted democrat’
Nigeria – Muhammadu Buhari, who is being sworn in on Friday as Nigeria’s new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa’s most
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High expectations in Nigeria as Buhari takes power
Lagos – Muhammadu Buhari formally takes over as Nigeria’s president this week but his inauguration could not have come at a worse time, with the
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Nigeria’s Buhari must start his presidency facing crippling fuel scarcity and power cuts
With the handover of president Goodluck Jonathan to Muhammadu Buhari coming in a few days on May 29, many Nigerians cannot wait for the resumption
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German woman, 65 and mother of 13, has quadruplets
A 65-year-old German woman, who already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported
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Drivers jailed over Lamborghini-Ferrari race through Beijing
Two young drivers have been jailed over a “Fast & Furious” style race through the Chinese capital that ended in the destruction of two luxury
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West Africa’s health systems need rebuilding post-Ebola: WHO
Health care systems in West Africa that collapsed during the Ebola epidemic must be rebuilt urgently to provide basic services and confront other killer diseases,
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ISIS controls 50 percent of Syria after takeover of Palmyra, activists say
The Islamic State terror group now controls over half of Syrian territory after seizing the village and archaeological site of Palmyra Thursday, activists monitoring Syria’s
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ISIS captures part of ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, home to UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fighters from the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized around a third of the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday
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New nuclear threat? North Korea claims it has miniaturized warheads
North Korea claimed Wednesday that it has manufactured nuclear warheads small enough to fit on the head of a missile, an announcement that is likely
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Bomb outside Afghan Justice Ministry kills five, wounds dozens
A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil
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Night raid in Syria: The special forces operation that killed Islamic State’s money man
Under the night sky, a fleet of Black Hawk helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft carrying Army Delta Force commandos took off from Iraq and slipped across
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