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Nimi Princewill is a news producer for CNN based in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Security officials stand outside Kuje Medium Security pison in Abuja, Nigeria on July 6, 2022, after suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked the Kuje Medium Prison. - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen used explosives to blast their way into a Nigerian prison near the capital, freeing hundreds of inmates in a raid to break out jailed jihadists, the government said on Monday.
The brazen attack on the outskirts of Abuja came hours after an ambush on a presidential security convoy in the northwest, in a fresh illustration of Nigeria's security crisis.

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More than 100 prisoners on the run after heavy rainfall destroys part of prison in Nigeria

African leaders convene for a high-level counter-terrorism summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja Monday, April 22.

African leaders spearhead efforts to tackle terrorism across the continent

An unidentified purported Russian military trainer speaks to the media next to an airplane, in Niamey, Niger, April 10, 2024.

Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends

Aerial view of Landmark Lagos Ecosystem

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Nigeria wants a road to rival the Pacific Coast highway. A prime Lagos beach resort stands in the way

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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail

TOPSHOT - A supporter of the coalition of anti-establishment candidates holds a Senegalese flag as they sit on top of a wall during a campaign rally in Dakar on March 10, 2024. Campaigning has got underway for Senegal's March 24 presidential election, after weeks of turmoil caused by its delay, and will largely take place during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan in a country that is majority Muslim. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Former Senegalese PM concedes defeat to opposition candidate day after presidential vote

Senegalese presidential candidates Bassirou Diomaye Faye, left, and Amadou Ba.

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Senegal goes to the polls as country’s once sturdy democracy looks shaky

Gambians protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation as parliament debates the bill in Banjul, Gambia March, 18, 2024.

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Tension mounts as Gambian lawmakers debate repealing landmark FGM ban

A general view of Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen. Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on March 8, 2024 sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.
The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa's most populous state, where heavily armed criminal gangs on motorbikes target victims in villages and schools and along highways in the hunt for ransom payments.
Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on March 7, 2024, but they have still not given figures as they said they were still working out how many children had been abducted. (Photo by Haidar Umar / AFP) (Photo by HAIDAR UMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid

Kaduna, which borders the Nigerian capital Abuja has grappled with recurring incidents of kidnappings by marauding gangs known locally as ‘bandits’.

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At least 287 school children kidnapped by armed gunmen in northwest Nigeria

Tributes have poured in from all corners of the globe for Nigerian banking CEO Herbert Wigwe who died in a California helicopter crash alongside his wife and son.

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Macron, Clinton lead tributes during funeral for Nigerian banking CEO killed in California helicopter crash

Macky Sall, Senegal's president, at the Group of 20 investment summit in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 20, 2023.

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Senegal sets election date after protests sparked by delay

Mnangagwa sits with his wife, Auxillia, during the ceremony.

US sanctions Zimbabwe leader and wife for alleged corruption and human rights abuse

Few venture in the normally busy streets of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou Friday Sept. 30, 2022. Residents say gunfire rang out early in the morning and the state broadcaster has gone off the air, fueling fears that another coup is underway. The developments Friday come just after coup leader-turned-president Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba returned from a trip to the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

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Around 170 ‘executed’ in three Burkina Faso villages, public prosecutor says

Nigerians are facing one of the West African nation's worst economic crises in as many years.

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Nigeria customs confirms deaths in stampede for discounted rice

Bags of confiscated rice for sale are seen in Lagos, Nigeria, in this photo shared by Nigeria Customs services on February 23, 2024.

From Nigeria Customs services

Nigeria customs investigates deadly crowd crush during sale of seized bags of rice

Nimi Princewill is a Nigerian journalist famed for exposing government corruption in his home country. Before joining CNN in 2021, Nimi worked as a reporter at Peoples Gazette, a Nigerian online newspaper notable for its investigative journalism. Nimi reported exclusively on a number of high-profile stories, including the disbandment of the brutal police unit known as SARS, hours before the official announcement. Follow him on Twitter @princewill_nimi.