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'No warning': Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market

'No warning': Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market

The market was packed, like it was every Saturday, when the Nigerian air force jets screamed overhead. Soon after, swathes of trading stalls at a market in Jilli, a small town in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, were reduced to ash, with incinerated bodies lying in the rubble, a

Nigeria sweats in heatwave as Iran war drives up costs to stay cool

Nigeria sweats in heatwave as Iran war drives up costs to stay cool

Azeez Akanni hopped on a yellow bus heading for the central business district on Lagos Island, beads of sweat rolling down his neck and arms. The 32-year-old clothier regularly navigates chaotic traffic to deliver luxury clothes and footwear to customers across the megacity of Lagos, Nigeria's

Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils: intel sources

Nigeria paid Boko Haram ransom for kidnapped pupils: intel sources

The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a "huge" ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, intelligence sources told AFP. Two Boko Haram commanders were also freed as part of the deal, which