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Immigrants deported from U.S. to Ghana are sent home, where lawyers say some could face torture

By Edward Acquah, Wilson McMakin, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia. Ghanaian authorities say they accepted them on humanitarian grounds.

Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products

By Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products.

Nigerian military airstrikes free 76 hostages, including children and kidnapping victims

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

At least 76 hostages, including children, have been freed after Nigeria’s military targeted militants with precision airstrikes in the country’s northwest, local authorities said.

U.S. approves potential $346 million weapons sale to bolster security in Nigeria

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Former Nigerian President Buhari, twice leader of Africa's most populous nation, dies at 82

By Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday.

Security forces kill 30 gunmen after armed attacks in northwest Nigeria

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

In recent months, the northwestern and north-central regions of Nigeria have recorded an uptick in attacks by armed gangs on communities in these regions. Hundreds have been killed and injured in the attacks.

Bus accident kills 22 athletes in northern Nigeria

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week. The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known.

Death toll rises to 151 after flooding in north-central Nigeria

By Taiwo Adebayo, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

More than 3,000 people were displaced in the flooding in the town of Mokwa in Niger state, more than 180 miles west of Abuja, the capital of Africa’s most populous nation, a Niger state emergency agency spokesman said.

At least 111 people dead after floods in Mokwa, a market town in central Nigeria

By Associated Press

The heavy rains lasted for several hours Thursday, and media reports quoting local government officials said a dam collapse in a nearby town had worsened the situation. The flooding displaced large amounts of people, the reports said.

At least 32 people in Nigeria killed by stampedes at Christmas food distribution events

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.