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Nigerian court jails separatist leader Kanu for life

Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges

A court in Nigeria on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Kanu founded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),

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Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism

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Nigerian separatist leader sentenced to life for terrorism

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Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism-related charges

A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism-related charges.

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From activist to terrorist - How Nigeria separation leader Nnamdi Kanu chop life imprisonment

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Nigerian Court Convicts Separatist Leader Kanu on Terrorism Charges

Nigeria, Nicki Minaj and Trump administration

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Nigerian officials in Washington after Trump’s threats of military action over violence against Christians

Nigerian officials are meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau this week amid increasing focus from the Trump administration on Christians in Nigeria,

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Nicki Minaj and Trump administration put spotlight on persecution of Christians in Nigeria

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Nicki Minaj calls for urgent action for Christians in Nigeria at UN event

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U.S. ambassador demands Rolling Stone retract headline on Nicki Minaj's UN speech

Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called on Rolling Stone Magazine to retract its "egregious headline" of an article covering Nicki Minaj's speech addressing violence against C...

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Nicki Minaj supports contested Trump claim Christians being persecuted in Nigeria

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Nicki Minaj U.N. Speech On Nigeria Triggers Celebrity Reactions

Nigeria Shuts Some Schools in Kwara State

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2 killed in church attack in Nigeria, days after dozens of schoolgirls abducted

Two people were killed in an attack on a church in central Nigeria, authorities said, just days after dozens of schoolgirls were abducted and one staffer killed in the country's north.

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Nigeria Shuts Some Schools in Kwara State After Church Attack

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Kidnapping and church attack in Nigeria

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Nigeria searches for abducted schoolgirls as gunmen attack church

Security forces were scouring western Nigeria for two dozen kidnapped schoolgirls on Wednesday, a day after gunmen stormed a church service, killing two people in an attack captured on video.

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New video of Christian church shooting in Nigeria released

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Nigerian State Orders Schools Closed After Church Attack

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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 21st November, 2025

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today, Friday, 21st November, 2025. In a

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2 Nigerian girls rescued among 25 kidnapped students

Two girls were rescued Tuesday after at least 25 school children and a teacher were kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials said.

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Nigerian man sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud in Maryland

A Nigerian man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for helping steal more than $290,000 in COVID-19 unemployment and disaster relief funds

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Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, 21st November, 2025

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 21st November, 2025 1. Court Sentences

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Nigerian president puts off G20 trip to focus on internal security issues

Nigeria is currently undergoing mass violence nationwide, particularly committed by Islamic terrorists toward Christians.

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Islamic State group militants claim capture and execution of a Nigerian brigadier general

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province have claimed responsibility for capturing and executing a Nigerian brigadier general.

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Two Nigerian-Born Men Sentenced to 30 Months for Laundering Millions in U.S. Elder Fraud Schemes

Two Nigerian men received 30-month prison sentences for a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme that targeted the elderly and businesses from 2020 to 2023. They must also pay over $4.6 million in restitution.

Gunmen kidnap 25 schoolgirls from Nigerian school, kill vice principal

Gunmen attacked a government girls’ boarding school in Nigeria’s Kebbi State early on Monday, killing the vice principal and abducting 25 female students, police said, in the latest mass kidnapping in the country’s northwest.