Nigeria

darnell, 22 days ago

Glad the hostages were rescued from #BokoHarem (who joined #IslamicState years ago) in #Nigeria 🇳🇬.

👉🏾 Hundreds of Hostages Rescued from Boko Haram Extremists in Nigeria https://english.aawsat.com/world/5022892-hundreds-hostages-rescued-boko-haram-extremists-nigeria

Some of the female hostages were forcibly wed & raped against their will & birth kids for the terrorists.

One had seven (7!😳) kids!

catalystcoop, 26 days ago

Hello @mekkaokereke or anybody else familiar with working with folks overseas in #Nigeria is there a clearly preferred way to make international payments there? Domestically we use Gusto but their international fees seem vague at best. It looks like @opencollective would let us use PayPal or Wise. Are there any labor or employment law issues to watch out for if the person doesn't have their own legal entity we can contract with? Is it hard to set up an LLC there?

fulelo, 8 days ago

#BBCNews - Power cut across #Nigeria as workers go on strike
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppwz87vgqo

AnnaAnthro, 8 days ago

NLC strike update in #Nigeria: National electricity grid shut down

“The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time when union members prevented operators at the country's power control rooms from working and shut down electricity substations.

Many flights have also been cancelled in the country's busiest airport in #Lagos, and in the capital, #Abuja, with passengers left stranded.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppwz87vgqo

AnnaAnthro, 12 days ago

#Nigeria takes up case of its 60 Teesside University students ordered out of UK over fee payment changes

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/30/nigeria-takes-up-case-of-its-teesside-university-students-ordered-out-of-uk

doomscroller, 23 days ago

Heat-Waves Kill 200 In Adamawa In 2 Weeks
No fewer than 200 people have been killed by a dangerous humid heat that has been experienced from the 1st to 13th of this month…
https://dailytrust.com/heat-waves-kill-200-in-adamawa-in-2-weeks/
#Nigeria #Heatwave

peterdutoit, 24 days ago

News in from Yola, #Nigeria, some 60km from the Nigeria/Cameroon border.

"Heat-Waves Kill 200 In Adamawa In 2 Weeks" (https://dailytrust.com/heat-waves-kill-200-in-adamawa-in-2-weeks/)

Instrument readings:

+1.63ºC 12-month running mean above preindustrial
+1.3ºC latest 5-year average above preindustrial

+1.5ºC imminent

(Image showing areas to experience increase heat-humidity stress days as we continue to heat. Yola area highlighted)

#ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves

BigAngBlack, 26 days ago

Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/nigeria-activists-mass-forced-marriage-girls-young-women

> Petition launched to halt mass ceremony that organisers say is for 100 orphans whose parents were killed by gangs

#Nigeria