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Nigerian authorities step up efforts to rescue kidnapped students
Dec 14, 2020 11:16Nigerian authorities have stepped up efforts to rescue students abducted by armed men who raided a school in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Hundreds of pupils feared missing after gunmen attack school in Nigeria’s northwest
Dec 13, 2020 05:53Hundreds of Nigerian students are presumed missing or kidnapped after gunmen stormed a secondary school in the country’s restive northwest.
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Boko Haram terrorists slaughter 43 farm workers in Nigeria’s volatile northeast
Nov 29, 2020 05:37Members of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group have killed at least 43 Nigerian farm workers and injured several others in the country’s volatile northeastern State of Borno.
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Nigeria loses 9 soldiers in landmine explosion
Nov 04, 2020 15:32At least nine Nigerian troops were killed when a military truck hit a landmine in northeast Nigeria, two security sources said on Wednesday.
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Nigeria unrest: Police deploy all forces to take back streets
Oct 25, 2020 05:12Nigeria's police have ordered the immediate mobilization of all resources to reclaim the streets, which have become the scene of unprecedented violence and looting, after police shot peaceful protesters in Lagos earlier this week.
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African Union slams police violence against protesters in Nigeria
Oct 22, 2020 10:57The African Union has denounced deadly violence in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos, urging all parties to “privilege dialog.”
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UN urges ‘maximum restraint, peaceful demos’ in Nigeria
Oct 21, 2020 14:26UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged an end to Nigerian police ‘brutality’ against the backdrop of ‘multiple deaths’ reported during protests in the main city of Lagos.
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Nigerian army threatens action as protests continue against police brutality
Oct 17, 2020 13:14The Nigerian military has issued a warning as protests sweep across the West African country over years of recurring police brutality.
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Iran urges closer cooperation with Nigeria
Oct 02, 2020 03:42President of Iran Hassan Rouhani called for the enhancement of relations with Nigeria at the bilateral, regional and international levels.
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Daesh-linked militants ambush convoy of Nigeria governor, kill 15
Sep 26, 2020 05:45Daesh-linked terrorists in Nigeria have reportedly killed 15 security members accompanying a convoy carrying Borno state Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in an ambush attack near the Lake Chad shore city of Baga.