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34 killed in attack on village in northwestern Nigeria
Sep 28, 2021 04:26About three dozen people have been killed and several others injured in an attack by a group of heavily-armed gunmen in a village in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna.
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1 million Nigerian children to miss school due to mass kidnappings: UNICEF
Sep 16, 2021 01:29At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
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75 abducted students freed in NW Nigeria amid army crackdown on criminal gangs
Sep 14, 2021 01:02Dozens of students who were kidnapped from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara earlier this month have been reportedly released after the army began a military crackdown on criminal gangs in the area.
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Gunmen kill 12 in raid on military base in northwest Nigeria
Sep 13, 2021 10:07Gunmen have killed 12 Nigerian security forces in a raid on a military base in northwest Zamfara state, before stealing weapons and torching buildings.
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Gunmen kidnap 73 students from school in northwestern Nigeria
Sep 02, 2021 03:50Unknown gunmen have attacked a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara and kidnapped 73 students, just days after three other groups of hostages were freed when large ransom payments were reportedly made in the African country.
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Kidnapped schoolchildren freed in Nigeria after three months
Aug 27, 2021 14:44A number of abducted children in northern Nigeria have been freed from captivity after three months and are waiting to be reunited with their families.
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Over 20 killed in weekend raids across northwest Nigeria
Aug 24, 2021 02:56More than 20 people have been killed in two separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northwest.
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Nigerian police martyr 3, injure 12 Ashura mourners in Sokoto: Report
Aug 21, 2021 03:00At least three people have been martyred and a dozen more wounded after police forces attacked a commemorative Ashura mourning procession held by local Shia Muslims in Nigeria’s northern state of Sokoto, a report says.
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Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
Aug 08, 2021 11:07One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped her and more than 200 of her classmates, Borno state's governor said on Saturday (August 7).
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Nigerian government seeking to file new lawsuit against Zakzaky: Lawyer
Aug 08, 2021 09:47A lawyer of Shia Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky says the Nigerian government is seeking to file a new lawsuit against the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria as part of attempts to prevent him from leaving the country for medical treatment.