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Shattered glass and other debris at the scene of the accident site in Nigeria.

Former boxing champion ‘narrowly escaped death’ after two die in car accident

Images show British boxer Anthony Joshua being extricated from a wrecked vehicle wincing in pain after a car accident that killed two other passengers.

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A man walks past belongings at the St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community, Nigeria, after gunmen abducted children and staff.

The children were still sleeping when gun-toting men on motorcycles arrived at their school

Dozens of students, some as young as six, were forced into a large truck and taken away in the latest school kidnapping in Nigeria.

  • Rachel Chason, Rael Ombuor and Abiodun Jamiu
Meghan received a Nigerian fabric as a gift alongside Harry at an Invictus Games event.

Meghan named ‘Ifeoma’ in Nigeria on first visit after doing genealogy test

The Duchess of Sussex acknowledged Nigeria as “my country” during her trip with Prince Harry, who met her after a visit to the UK.

  • Chinedu Asadu
Sextortion plots have targeted multiple NSW teenagers, driving one to take his own life. The family of a second teenager say tech giants failed to shut down the scammer’s payment methods.

‘Once you pay I will delete the photo’: How scammers are snaring hundreds of children each month

Sextortion scammers are using frighteningly simple tricks to target Australian children. The tech giants have “blood on their hands”, the family of one victim claims.

  • Perry Duffin
Last year a NSW teenager took his own life over a $500 ‘sextortion’ plot, NSW Cybercrime detectives partnered with international law enforcement to trace the culprits hiding in Nigeria.

Sextortion pushed a NSW teen to suicide, cops traced culprits to Nigeria

Cruel messages bombarded a NSW teenager’s phone hours before the boy took his own life. A deadly global scam that has killed multiple young men is now in Australia.

  • Perry Duffin
Ukraine wheat arrives in Port Sudan last month.

Ukraine is employing a new weapon against Russia: sending aid to Africa

Even as the war-torn nation defends its homeland against the Russian invasion, it is delivering major shipments to vulnerable populations.

  • Rob Harris
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Rashidat Hamza, whom her five children were abducted at the LEA Primary and Secondary School, is photographed at her house in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria.

Five of Hamza’s six children have been kidnapped. She’s still in shock

Ten years after the Chibok girls were taken, 300 students have been abducted by armed gangs and Islamic extremists in Nigeria.

  • Chinedu Asadu
Despite production cuts, the oil price has tumbled to just over $US81 a barrel after peaking at $US98 in late September.

Deferred meeting of OPEC+ points to dissent in the oil cartel

The oil producers’ meeting has been postponed to next week amid reports that members of the cartel are divided on how to respond to a slump in oil prices and the conflict in Gaza.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The Niger River in Nigeria.

More than 100 wedding guests killed after boat capsizes

Most of those who drowned in the Niger River were relatives from several villages who attended the wedding together and partied late into the night.

  • Chinedu Asadu
An electoral officer holds up votes as they are counted at a polling station in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday.

Three-way race in Nigerian election as voters hope to bring change

Whoever wins will face a litany of crises: Islamist insurgencies, kidnappings, shortages of cash, fuel and power, and deep-rooted corruption and poverty.

  • Hamza Ibrahim