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Amnesty calls on Nigeria to account for missing Shias
Aug 31, 2018 02:31Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s government of carrying out unlawful arrests and practicing “enforced disappearance,” calling on Abuja to clarify the fate of hundreds of Shia activists taken into custody.
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19 dead in Boko Haram raid on Nigerian village: Locals
Aug 20, 2018 01:20At least 19 people have been killed in a raid by Takfiri Boko Haram militants on a village in northwestern Nigeria, locals say.
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From Nigeria to Iran, nations begin ditching dollar
Aug 15, 2018 04:56The number of countries switching to national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals is growing in the face of the US weaponization of the dollar.
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Nigeria court acquits 80 Zakzaky supporters
Aug 01, 2018 06:53A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent religious scholar Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the religious scholar himself, who has been held captive for almost three years by the Abuja government.
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Eight killed as Boko Haram bomber detonates explosives at mosque in NE Nigeria
Jul 23, 2018 12:12At least eight Nigerian civilians have been killed after a bomber from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group detonated his explosives at a mosque in the country's troubled northeast, a local militia and residents say.
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Niger army ‘kills 10 Boko Haram terrorists’
Jul 22, 2018 06:21The Nigerien army says it has killed at least 10 members of the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group, who attacked one of its military positions in the southeast of the African country.
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About 17 Boko Haram members get jail terms in Niger
Jul 09, 2018 13:47A court in Niger has sentenced 17 members of the violent extremist movement Boko Haram to between two and seven years in jail, a senior state prosecutor said Monday.
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Nigerian protesters demand release of Sheikh Zakzaky
Jul 07, 2018 10:18Hundreds of supporters and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have staged a peaceful rally in the country’s capital of Abuja and called for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
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Nigeria finds bodies of 41 suspected bandits
Jul 04, 2018 12:22Nigerian police say they have found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in a northern area that is notorious as a hideout for criminal gangs.
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Nigeria imposes curfew as clashes between herdsmen, farmers kill 86
Jun 25, 2018 08:30At least 86 people have been killed in clashes over the past days between herdsmen and farmers in central Nigeria, prompting local officials to impose a curfew to contain the fresh wave of communal violence there.