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Blake urges police to deepen community trust in 2026
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
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Don’t rest on gains
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Sykes on the warpath
Chief justice livid about conditions at island’s courts
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 6 12:18 AM
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Partygoers toast new year at Sunrise
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Partygoers toast new year at Sunrise
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
January 6 12:16 AM
Partygoers toast new year at
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Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s  JPL  safety
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Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 6 12:14 AM
Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s JPL safety
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‘NO WAR ON ATHLETES’
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‘NO WAR ON ATHLETES’
JOA President Samuda urges sport world not to punish US competitors after Venezuela invasion
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 6 12:12 AM
‘Athletes aren’t pawns’
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FRENCHMEN CLIMAX Red Alert
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FRENCHMEN CLIMAX Red Alert
January 6 12:10 AM
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Salah seals Egypt win as Osimhen leads Nigeria into Cup of Nations quarters
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Salah seals Egypt win as Osimhen leads Nigeria into Cup of Nations quarters
January 6 12:09 AM
Salah seals Egypt win as Osimhen leads Nigeria into Cup of Nations quarters
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Speed of Amorim’s exit from Man Utd stuns Neville
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Speed of Amorim’s exit from Man Utd stuns Neville
January 6 12:08 AM
Speed of Amorim’s exit from Man Utd stuns
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Over 30 killed, several kidnapped in central Nigeria
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Over 30 killed, several kidnapped in central Nigeria
January 4, 2026
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Armed gangs have raided a village in a north-central Nigerian state where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last ye...
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Ex-boxing champ Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal car crash
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Ex-boxing champ Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal car crash
December 31, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP)—Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, state officials said Wednesday, days a...
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British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash — reports
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British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash — reports
December 29, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a fatal highway accident that killed two people Monday, his pro...
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
December 22, 2025
MINNA, Nigeria (AFP) — Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities on Monday, a day after the government said it ha...
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Nigerian government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren
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Nigerian government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren
December 21, 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)—Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November,...
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Reggae Boyz could face Nigeria in play-off after complaint against DR Congo
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Reggae Boyz could face Nigeria in play-off after complaint against DR Congo
December 18, 2025
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz could face Nigeria in a final shot at World Cup 2026 qualification if the Super Eagles are successful in a complaint they filed ...
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Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappings
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Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappings
November 26, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a "nationwide security emergency" as the country scrambled to respond to ...
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50 children kidnapped from Nigerian school have escaped—Christian group
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50 children kidnapped from Nigerian school have escaped—Christian group
November 23, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP)—Fifty of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian ...
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Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping
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Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping
November 22, 2025
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP)—Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group sa...
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Nigeria coach blames ‘voodoo’ after World Cup hopes crushed
November 17, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria's football coach has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo of practising "voodoo" after his squad's hopes of qualify...
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Nigerian police arrest over 25 for organising alleged gay wedding
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Nigerian police arrest over 25 for organising alleged gay wedding
October 26, 2025
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — Religious police have arrested 25 young people accused of organising a gay wedding in socially-conservative northern Nigeria, au...
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Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorilla
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Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorilla
October 25, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Turkey's decision to keep an African baby gorilla rescued from trafficking defies logic, a Nigerian conservation NGO that was ...
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Nigerian military says 50 jihadists killed in army base raids
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Nigerian military says 50 jihadists killed in army base raids
October 23, 2025
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's military said on Thursday it had killed 50 jihadists using drones to carry out multiple attacks on army bases in the ...
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Nigerian court orders TikTokers to marry after viral smooches
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Nigerian court orders TikTokers to marry after viral smooches
October 21, 2025
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — A court in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria's socially conservative north, has ordered two TikTok celebrities to get m...
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South Africa beat Rwanda to qualify for 2026 World Cup
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South Africa beat Rwanda to qualify for 2026 World Cup
October 14, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa defeated Rwanda 3-0 in Mbombela on Tuesday to win Group C and qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Thalent...
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18 dead, dozens missing in Nigeria mine collapse: local sources
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18 dead, dozens missing in Nigeria mine collapse: local sources
September 27, 2025
GUSAU, Nigeria (AFP) — Rescuers in Nigeria are searching for dozens of people missing after a boulder crashed onto an illegal mine during heavy rains,...
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Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliament
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Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliament
September 22, 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Hundreds of women protested in the Nigerian capital Monday to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and...
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Huge pot of Nigerian jollof rice sets Guinness record
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Huge pot of Nigerian jollof rice sets Guinness record
September 15, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Guinness World Records on Monday gave official recognition to Nigerian chef Hilda Baci in recognising her rice jollof, concocte...
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Smuggled baby gorilla to return to Nigeria after Istanbul airport rescue
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Smuggled baby gorilla to return to Nigeria after Istanbul airport rescue
September 12, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Shinning down a lamp-post, the tiny gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo he's ...
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Nigeria scrape past Rwanda to keep World Cup hopes alive
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Nigeria scrape past Rwanda to keep World Cup hopes alive
September 6, 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria scraped past Rwanda 1-0 to stay in contention for qualification to the 2026 World Cup on Saturday. It was the first ho...
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St Kitts and Nevis welcomes visa-free travel to Nigeria
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St Kitts and Nevis welcomes visa-free travel to Nigeria
September 1, 2025
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — The St Kitts and Nevis Government Monday announced that the twin island Federation had reached an agreement with Nigeria ...
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Nigeria deports 102 scammers, half of them Chinese
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Nigeria deports 102 scammers, half of them Chinese
August 21, 2025
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP)-Nigeria has deported 102 foreigners including 50 Chinese nationals convicted of "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud", an anti-gra...
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Don’t rest on gains
Blake urges police to deepen community trust in 2026
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January 6, 2026
Don’t rest on gains
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Sykes on the warpath
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Sykes on the warpath
Chief justice livid about conditions at island’s courts
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 6, 2026
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Partygoers toast new year at Sunrise
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Partygoers toast new year at Sunrise
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
January 6, 2026
Partygoers toast new year at
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Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s  JPL  safety
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Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s JPL safety
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January 6, 2026
Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s JPL safety
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‘NO WAR ON ATHLETES’
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‘NO WAR ON ATHLETES’
JOA President Samuda urges sport world not to punish US competitors after Venezuela invasion
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 6, 2026
‘Athletes aren’t pawns’
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