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In this photo released by the Kaduna State government, people react during a meeting with Kaduna state Gov. Uba Sani, after gunmen attacked in Kurmin Wali, northwest Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Kaduna State Government via AP)

U.S. sends weapons to Nigeria just before kidnappers grab 176 Christians

By Mary Kiara and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

From left, Preciouslight Ukachi, John John Obot, Keturah Heman, Ogunremi Temitope Timothy and Stephen A Oyelami, a team of five Nigerians who read aloud nonstop for over 400 hours in an attempt to break the Guinness world record, pose for a photo in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Aug 30, 2025. (Alhamdu Monday/JLM Media via AP)

A Nigerian group attempts a 431-hour reading marathon to set a Guinness World Record

By Dyepkazah Shibayan - Associated Press

A man rides a motorcycle taxi past Christmas decorations on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Why did at least 67 people die in Christmas charity stampedes in struggling Nigeria?

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

A man rides a bicycle past Christmas decorations on a street in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Stampedes in Nigeria leave at least 32 dead during Christmas food distribution

By Dyepkazah Shibayan - Associated Press

FILE- A screen shows live footage of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speech during a news program in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)

In Africa, meager expectations and some hopes for a second Trump presidency

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

file - Police fire tear gas during a protest in Abuja, Nigeria, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, file)

Protesters in Nigeria face possible death penalty as accusation of treason brings outrage

By Dyepkazah Shibayan - Associated Press

Peacemaker Azuegbulam, 27, Africa's first gold medalist at the Invictus Games, center left, warms up before an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. He was among the soldiers deployed during Nigeria's grinding counter-offensive against Islamic extremists in the northeastern Borno state in 2020 when an anti-aircraft weapon was fired at them. By the time he regained consciousness, his life was no longer the same, starting with his left leg which was later amputated. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria’s wounded soldiers fought to recover at Prince Harry’s Invictus Games

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Pedestrian shop for food at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Nigerians are facing one of the West African nation's worst economic crises in as many years triggered by a surging inflation rate which follows monetary policies that have dipped the local currency to an all-time low against the dollar, provoking anger and protests across the country. (AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim)

Nigeria’s currency has fallen to a record low as inflation surges. How did things get so bad?

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A woman prepares food in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, July 29, 2023. The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country's democratically elected government just as the coup leaders met with senior civil servants to discuss how they would run the country and as the U.S. and the European Union threatened sanctions against the regime. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

The French embassy in Niger is attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through the capital

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

People sell grain in Dawanau International Market in Kano Nigeria, Friday, July 14, 2023. Nigeria introduced programs before and during Russia's war in Ukraine to make Africa's largest economy self-reliant in wheat production. But climate fallout and insecurity in the northern part of the country where grains are largely grown has hindered the effort. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Climate and violence hobble Nigeria’s push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia’s war

By Taiwo Adebayo - Associated Press

FILE - People walk through floodwaters near flooded farmlands after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2022 .Authorities in Nigeria say they have activated a national response plan for another round of deadly floods blamed mainly on climate change and infrastructure problems. The West African nation's National Emergency Management Agency said Thursday, July 6, 2023 it has begun to work based on dire forecasts by seeking air support for search and rescue missions while stockpiling relief materials. (AP Photo, file)

Nigeria triggers national response plan for annual deadly floods; 14 states on alert

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Rifkatu Andruwus, 66, stands in front of her makeshift home, at the Durami camp for the displaced, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, June 9, 2023. Hundreds remain homeless in Nigeria's capital of Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers. Authorities say the demolitions seek to rid the city of crime and restore Abuja's master plan, a conceptual layout meant to promote growth of this oil-rich Western African nation. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

They fled the war in Nigeria’s northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, center, accompanied by his wife Oluremi Tinubu, right, leaves the party's campaign headquarters after winning the presidential elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Election officials declared ruling party candidate Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election, with the two leading opposition candidates already demanding a re-vote in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu declared winner of presidential vote

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Mohammad Barkindo, secretary-general of OPEC, is shown during a panel discussion at CERAWeek by IHS Markit at Hilton Americas,1600 Lamar St., on March 7, 2017, in Houston. Barkindo died late Tuesday, a spokesperson for Nigeria's petroleum ministry told The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

OPEC secretary-general has died, Nigerian officials say

By Chinedu Asadu and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Protesters run away as police officers use teargas to disperse people demonstrating against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. After 13 days of protests against alleged police brutality, authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, as moves are made to stop growing violence. ( AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos

By Sam Olukoya and Lekan Oyekanmi - Associated Press