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Aminu Abubakar

Aminu Abubakar
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Aminu Abubakar is a journalist based in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, where he grew up. He worked for local newspapers before joining Agence France-Presse (AFP) in 2000 as a freelance correspondent covering northern Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari addressed crowds of supporters in his home state of Katsina
Africa

​Last day of campaigning in Nigeria before polls

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A general view shows the damage at a camp for displaced people after an attack by suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in Dalori
Africa

What’s behind the return of Boko Haram?

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A Nigerian soldier covers his face while taking a picture of a mass grave in the recently retaken town of Damasak
Africa

Nigerian soldiers demand break from Boko Haram

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Oby Ezekwesili
Africa

Boko Haram frees most of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

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'Buhari made history at the last elections by becoming the first opposition candidate in Nigerian history to defeat a sitting president
National

Fit-again Nigerian president hits the campaign trail

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President Barack Obama.
Africa

Hunting for Africa’s Einstein with a science lab on wheels

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The aftermath of a Boko Haram car bomb.
Africa

Call for Boko Haram peace talks masks ethnic tensions

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OR Tambo International Airport is set to expand
Africa

Major airlines give Kaduna airport a miss

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The Emir of Kano
Africa

Proposed Nigerian family laws can revolutionise polygamy

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Africa

Cash crunch affects match-making programme and mass weddings in Kano, Nigeria

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‘The matchmaking programme began in 2012 to help divorcées remarry in Kano state, which has the highest divorce rate in Nigeria.’

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