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Christian Fraser. BBC News, The Context, BBC Election Coverage. Ben Brown. BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now [4] Annita McVeigh. BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News.
Twitter was blocked in Nigeria from 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022. [1] [2] The government imposed a ban on the social network after it deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [3] [4] predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in ...
Sports journalist, Sportswriter. Employer (s) BBC World News, BBC Africa, BBC Sport. Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV ...
4 protesters [5] Arrested. 1 journalist [6] 1000+ protesters. The End Bad Governance protests, widely known by the hashtags #EndBadGovernance or #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Nigeria [7] that mainly occurred from 1 August to 10 August 2024, triggered by the rising cost of living in the country. [8]
Improvised explosive devices, firearms. Deaths. 8+. Perpetrators. Nigerian bandits. On 28 March 2022, an Abuja – Kaduna train was attacked in Katari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. In response, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) briefly halted operations along the route. [2][3]
2. Official website. The 2021 EndSARS memorial protest Was a protest carried out by Nigerians and End SARS activist to mark the one year anniversary of the Lekki toll gate shooting which took place on 20 October, 2020. [1] [2] [3]
2023 Nigerien coup d'état. On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta, shortly after confirming the coup a success. [12][13][14][15] This was the ...
Nigerien crisis (2023–2024) On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained president Mohamed Bazoum. Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for ...