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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.
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Calls mount for immediate release of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky
Apr 06, 2016 10:18A Nigerian human rights lawyer has called for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.
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Nigeria captures leader of terrorist group, Ansaru
Apr 04, 2016 12:05The Nigerian army says it has arrested the leader of an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group, Ansaru, known for kidnapping and murdering Westerners.
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Saudis ordered the Zaria massacre in Nigeria
Apr 02, 2016 09:16The gory account of the December 2015 attack by the Nigerian Army on a peaceful and defenceless cultural-religious gathering of Shi’a Muslims, which resulted in the massacre of over 2,000 men, women, and children; and kidnapping of the popular leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, is still unfolding, with evidence of involvement by the Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia.
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Nigeria locals reveal another mass abduction by Boko Haram
Mar 31, 2016 08:13Local residents say Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of children from a remote town in northeast Nigeria back in late 2014 but local officials did not report the abductions.
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Nigerian protesters call for Shia cleric's release
Mar 27, 2016 03:35People in Nigeria have held protest rallies in several cities across the country to demand the immediate and unconditional release of senior Shia cleric and Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.