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The 11 countries British tourists should avoid due to safety concerns according to the Foreign Office
Wales Online
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January 22, 2025
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a new warning regarding travel to some countries in Africa, including Chad, Niger, and Somalia, due to significant safety concerns. However, areas in a further 43 countries should also be...
Kano-Katsina road project stalls as contractors abandon sites
Punch
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July 21, 2025
Motorists plying the Kano-Gwarzo-Dayi road have continued to express serious concerns over the deplorable state of the road, which has been abandoned by its contractors just a year after the federal government awarded contract for its dualisation....
Foreign Office lists 54 countries to avoid in updated travel advice
Daily Express
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January 21, 2025
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued an updated travel advisory list, warning British tourists to avoid 54 countries due to safety concerns -- and a number of African nations are featured. The list includes 11...
Foreign Office warning on 54 countries UK tourists should avoid
Liverpool Echo
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January 21, 2025
The Foreign Office has unveiled the latest list detailing 54 destinations that Brits are being urged to avoid over safety fears. Among the list are several African countries. UK travellers are strongly advised to completely avoid all travel to 11...
Updated Foreign Office travel advice in list of over 50 countries to avoid
Bristol Post
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January 21, 2025
The UK's Foreign Office has issued an update for British travellers. Officials have flagged 54 nations as places to avoid due to serious safety concerns, with a number of African countries making the list. Brits are advised to avoid all travel to...
Another tanker falls in Niger, residents rush to scoop oil again
Business Day
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January 22, 2025
Despite a deadly tanker explosion that killed over 90 people days earlier, residents in Bida town, Niger State, gathered around another fallen truck on Monday. Video footage showed young people collecting liquid from the broken-down vehicle, while...
Another Tanker Falls In Niger State
NewsBreakNaija
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January 22, 2025
Two days after scores of people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger state, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger state Monday. However, Fatimah Mohammed, a resident of Bida, said the tanker was carrying...
Another tanker falls in Niger, residents again scoop oil
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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January 22, 2025
Two days after scores of people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger state, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger state Monday. However, Fatimah Mohammed, a resident of Bida, said the tanker was carrying...
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Orano lodges second arbitration against Niger
World Nuclear News
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 Orano has announced it is lodging a second arbitration procedure against the State of Niger following its loss of operational control of SOMAÏR, the operator of the Arlit uranium mine. (Image: Peter Hermes Furian -...
Niger’s ex-prime minister Amadou dies at 74
Punch
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October 24, 2024
Hama Amadou, the former prime minister of Niger, renowned for his political resilience and comebacks, has died at the age of 74 in Niamey, his family announced on Thursday. According to the newspaper L’Enquêteur, the “giant of Nigerien politics”...
Reps donate N100m to Niger tanker explosion victims
Tribune Online
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January 21, 2025
Members of the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas donated N100 million to victims of the tanker explosion in Niger state. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago received the dignitaries at the Niger State liaison office, in Abuja. The...
Insecurity: Niger Gov Bago announces plans to build 3,000 houses for IDPs in Shiroro
Daily Post
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January 17, 2025
Niger State Governor Muhammad Umaru Bago has announced plans to construct 1,000 modern houses each in Alawa, Kuribi, and Erena for internally displaced persons, IDPs, in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. Bago made this disclosure during...
Another Oil Tanker Falls in Bida, Niger State
News Central TV
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January 21, 2025
Barely 48 hours after a petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State claimed 98 lives and injured 68 others, another tanker has fallen in Bida Local Government Area of the same state. Witnesses reported...
54 of world's most 'dangerous' countries Brits should not travel to
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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January 20, 2025
The world's most dangerous countries has been revealed in a list of 54 places not to travel to, according to the Foreign Office (FCDO). And the updated list shows thirty of the countries deemed unsafe for British tourists are in Africa. The...
Residents scoop oil as another tanker falls in Niger
Premium Times
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January 21, 2025
Two days after scores of people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger State, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger State on Monday. However, Fatimah Mohammed, a resident of Bida, told PREMIUM TIMES that...
Foreign Office warning on 54 countries UK tourists must not travel to this year
Chronicle Live
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January 20, 2025
The Foreign Office has just rolled out an updated list outlining 54 countries that British tourists are advised to avoid visiting this year due to safety concerns. Africa prominently features on this cautionary roster. Specifically, travellers are...
Turkish intelligence has established an operations hub in Niger to project power across Africa
Nordic Monitor
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January 19, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence has established a significant presence in the landlocked nation of Niger, a strategic link between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, as part of its global clandestine operations to advance the...
Isfahan seeks to expand tourism ties with African nations
Tehran Times
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January 20, 2025
TEHRAN - The Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts of Isfahan province announced plans to enhance tourism cooperation between Isfahan and several countries in the African continent. Amir Karamzadeh on Monday met with...
Largest known Mars rock on Earth sells for $5.3M at New York auction
Yeni Safak
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The largest known piece of Mars on Earth was sold for $5.3 million at a geological and archaeological auction in New York on Wednesday. The Martian meteorite, named NWA 16788, weighs 25 kilograms (54 pounds) and was discovered in Niger's Sahara...
86 Buried After Niger Tanker Explosion, Many Still Unaccounted For
News Central TV
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January 20, 2025
Eighty-six individuals who fell victim to the fuel tanker explosion on Saturday in Dikko, located in the Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, have been laid to rest, as reported by the State Emergency Management Agency yesterday. According...