Nigeria’s government announced Friday that they reached a deal with Boko Haram to release approximately 200 schoolgirls held captive since April. The government expects the terrorist group will not back out of the deal. ‘NewsOne Now’ Panel Tackles Backlash To #BringBackOurGirls Calling Out the State Dept In Case of the Missing Nigerian Girls In mid-April […]
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee returned from Nigeria Monday. She joined Roland Martin Wednesday on “NewsOneNow” to share what she discovered about the Islamic extremist group Boko…
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Worth an estimated $2.1bn, Aliko Dangote is one of the richest men in Africa.
mg class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-511972″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/president.jpg” alt=”NIGERIA PRESIDENT” width=”512″ height=”337″ /> LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.
