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Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion who knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul earlier this month, was reportedly in stable condition following a car crash that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. Authorities said they were still investigating the crash. CBC | Sports News
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Boxer Anthony Joshua involved in a car accident in Nigeria days after knockout win over Jake Paul
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Nigeria says remaining 130 abducted students have now been released
The students are among more than 300 pupils and 12 staff seized by gunmen from St Mary’s Catholic boarding school in the village of Papiri in the early hours of Nov. 21. CBC | World News
Read More »50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held
Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s history. CBC | World News
Read More »1 of 25 students abducted in Nigeria found safe as search continues for missing girls
A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school’s principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students in forests close to the school. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump’s claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria bump up against facts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria over what he claims to be deadly persecution of Christians are prompting pushback in the West African nation. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump threatens to go into Nigeria ‘guns‑a‑blazing’ to save Christians from ‘terrorists’
President Donald Trump threatened to invade Nigeria “gunsablazing” to protect Christians he claims are being attacked by ‘Islamic terrorists’ Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trumps threatens Nigeria with military action, aid cuts over alleged anti-Christian persecution
The warning of possible military action came after Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier on Saturday pushed back on Trump announcing that he was designating the West African country ‘a country of particular concern’ for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada downs Nigeria 4-1 in FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup opener
Melisa Kekic scored the winner in the 73rd minute and fellow substitute Julia Amireh added two insurance goals as Canada defeated Nigeria 4-1 Sunday in its opening game at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Sale, Morocco. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Muhammadu Buhari, who took power in Nigeria by both coup and ballot box, dead at 82
Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa’s most populous country from 2015-23 and was the first Nigerian leader to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson said. CBC | World News
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