/tags/nigeria nigeria en-US Copyright Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:55:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-18/a-huge-relief-344-schoolboys-released-after-abduction-in-nigeria Last week's attack, claimed by Boko Haram, recalled the Islamist group's abduction of 276 girls in 2014. Unlike that attack, though, this fraught chapter ended relatively quickly, and with happy news. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:55:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-18/a-huge-relief-344-schoolboys-released-after-abduction-in-nigeria Colin Dwyer /news-partners/2020-02-05/nigerians-shocked-by-trumps-new-immigration-restrictions The Trump administration plans to bar Nigerians from applying for immigrant visas in the future, citing security concerns. Nigerian communities in the U.S. worry how this could affect them. Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-05/nigerians-shocked-by-trumps-new-immigration-restrictions Carmel Delshad /news-partners/2020-01-31/trump-administration-to-curb-immigrants-from-6-nations-including-nigeria The U.S. has now placed 13 nations under varying travel bans. The new policy restricts immigrant visas for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan. Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:18:33 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-31/trump-administration-to-curb-immigrants-from-6-nations-including-nigeria Bill Chappell /news/2020-01-23/nigerians-in-ohio-shocked-at-planned-expansion-of-trump-travel-ban The chair of Ohio’s New African Immigrants Commission says "it just doesn't make a lot of sense" that President Trump could include Nigeria, the native… Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:12:33 GMT /news/2020-01-23/nigerians-in-ohio-shocked-at-planned-expansion-of-trump-travel-ban Steve Brown /news-partners/2020-01-22/trump-says-hell-add-a-few-countries-to-controversial-u-s-travel-ban The president confirmed a plan to expand one of the signature pieces of his immigration policy. A person briefed on the plan said Trump will soon announce travel restrictions for seven more countries. Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:20:38 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-22/trump-says-hell-add-a-few-countries-to-controversial-u-s-travel-ban Bill Chappell, Franco Ordoñez /breaking-news/2018-03-22/one-month-after-abduction-boko-haram-brings-home-more-than-100-dapchi-girls Just one student who reportedly refused to convert to Islam from Christianity remains in captivity. 110 girls were snatched from their school in northeastern Nigeria on Feb. 19. Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:21:00 GMT /breaking-news/2018-03-22/one-month-after-abduction-boko-haram-brings-home-more-than-100-dapchi-girls Amy Held, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton /breaking-news/2017-01-17/nigerian-military-strike-kills-dozens-in-displaced-persons-camp Teams from Doctors Without Borders say they've counted 52 dead and at least 120 wounded in the bombing on the camp in Rann, Nigeria. The country's president said the air force strike was accidental. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:13:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-01-17/nigerian-military-strike-kills-dozens-in-displaced-persons-camp Merrit Kennedy