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Gunmen abduct about 30 students in Nigeria
Mar 13, 2021 02:44About 30 students have been kidnapped by gunmen in a raid on a college in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna.
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Nigerian schoolgirls leave state capital to reunite with families after kidnapping
Mar 03, 2021 12:38Freed Nigerian schoolgirls leave the Zamfara State capital to be reunited with their families in their village. The girls, pupils at Government Secondary School in the remote village of Jangebe in northeastern Zamfara state, were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen known locally as bandits, who released them early Tuesday.
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Hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls released in Nigeria
Mar 02, 2021 05:20Almost 280 children who were kidnapped by heavily armed men from their boarding school in Nigeria late last week have been released, officials say.
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Over 300 girls missing after gunmen raid dorm in Nigeria
Feb 26, 2021 10:45Heavily-armed gunmen have abducted hundreds of schoolchildren in northwestern Nigeria, the second such kidnapping over a span of a week amid a surge in armed militancy in the African country.
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Gunmen kidnap hundreds of schoolboys in Nigeria
Feb 17, 2021 10:20Armed men have abducted hundreds of students along with some of their teachers after attacking their school in central Nigeria.
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Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria return home
Feb 14, 2021 08:37Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday and the ship’s captain described how they faced death threats and were held in a forest during their three-week ordeal.
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Nigerian security forces attack Sheikh Zakzaky's supporters
Jan 26, 2021 04:25Nigerian security forces have attacked a popular rally of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky's supporters in Abuja.
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Pirates attack Turkish ship in Nigeria; kill sailor, kidnap 15
Jan 24, 2021 03:49Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast Guinea, abducting 15 people after killing an Azerbaijani sailor.
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Nigeria urged to release Sheikh Zakzaky, wife after positive COVID-19 diagnosis
Jan 23, 2021 03:05In a letter to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has asked for the release of country’s leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife, who have been unlawfully detained by Abuja since 2015 and afflicted with considerable suffering, now that they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.
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Human rights NGO urges Nigeria to release Sheikh Zakzaky, wife after COVID-19 diagnosis
Jan 22, 2021 04:45A prominent Islamic human rights NGO has urged Nigeria to release the country’s leading Muslim cleric and his wife, who have been unlawfully detained by Abuja since 2015 and afflicted with considerable suffering, now that they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.