Rescued Nigerian Schoolboys Welcomed Home, Calls For More Security

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state Friday. Reunions that are more celebratory and emotional likely will come when the boys are finally reunited with their families,…

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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Intensifies Response to On Going Lassa Fever Outbreak

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases across states in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) activated a National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on the 24th of January 2020, to coordinate response activities.  As at the 24th of January 2020, 195 confirmed cases and 29 deaths…

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Nigeria Suspends UNICEF Activities As Army Accuses Agency Of Training Boko Haram Spies

LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has suspended activities of UN children’s agency (Unicef) in the north-east part of the country accusing it of spying for Islamist militants operating in the area. “[Unicef staff] train and deploy spies who support the insurgents and their sympathisers,” the Nigerian military said in a statement. These were “unwholesome practices that…

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