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Amnesty raps Nigeria over using excessive force against pro-Biafra protesters
Jun 10, 2016 23:51Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s military of using excessive force in shooting dead unarmed separatists in south of the country.
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Militants blow up Shell, Aqip pipelines in Nigeria
May 29, 2016 02:11Militants have blown up strategic gas and crude pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip as part of a campaign that has cut Nigeria's oil production in half.
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First Nigerian Chibok girl rescued from Boko Haram
May 19, 2016 01:38One of the missing Chibok schoolgirls has been found alive, along with her four-month-old baby and a suspected member of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group.
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Nigerian president slams Cameron’s embarrassing remarks
May 12, 2016 04:02UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s embarrassing remarks about Nigeria drew harsh criticism Wednesday from Nigerian senators and President Muhammadu Buhari who said he would not want an apology but “something tangible.”
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Five police, three soldiers killed in attacks in southern Nigeria
May 11, 2016 12:19Five police officers and three soldiers have been killed in two separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-producing south, security sources said Wednesday.
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Babies dying in Nigeria military camp for Boko Haram suspects: Amnesty
May 11, 2016 04:40Amnesty International says some 150 detainees — including babies — have died “in horrendous conditions” at a military detention center for suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria this year.
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Ex-Nigeria govt. stole $15bn from arms deals: Vice president
May 04, 2016 04:12Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says about $15 billion of public money was stolen under the previous government through fraudulent arms deals.
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Bodies of Shia Muslims martyred by Nigeria army must be exhumed: Activists
Apr 29, 2016 11:48Rights activists have called for the bodies of hundreds of Shia Muslims massacred by the Nigerian army last December to be exhumed for further investigation into the exact number of victims.
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Nigerian Army martyred 100s of Shias: Report
Apr 13, 2016 04:22Nigeria’s Army mowed down as many as 347 Muslims last December while swooping on the followers of the country’s leading Shia cleric, a special investigation has found.
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Nigeria blames Biafra for mass graves
Apr 10, 2016 13:30Nigerian secret police have laid the blame on the Biafra separatist group for the killing of 55 people after discovering shallow mass graves in the country's southeast.