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  Gunmen kidnap 42 from school in central Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 04:12pm on February 17, 2021

  Gunmen believed to members of a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and...

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  Eleven, including four soldiers, killed in Nigeria mine blasts

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 10:54am on December 30, 2020

  Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Tuesday...

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  Boko Haram kills 11

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 04:54pm on December 25, 2020

  Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 11 people in a Christmas Eve assault on a village in Nigeria’s restive northeast, local sources said Friday. Security...

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  Dozens of children freed after new abduction in Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 10:32pm on December 20, 2020

  Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday. Gunmen had...

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  At least eight people killed in attack on Nigeria emir’s convoy

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 09:52am on December 19, 2020

  Eight people, including three policemen, were killed Friday when a cattle rustling and kidnapping gang attacked the convoy of an influential Emir in northwest Nigeria’s...

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  Sharia police in Nigeria ban Black Friday promotion

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 06:29pm on November 27, 2020

  The Islamic police in northern Nigeria’s biggest city Kano have warned against using the Black Friday sales term, saying it hurts the sensibilities of Muslims....

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  15 children ‘in chains’ freed from Nigeria Qur’an school

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 12:46am on July 22, 2020

  Police have freed 15 children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria where they were kept in chains and tortured, police said Tuesday. The children,...

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  UN says 2 killed, helicopter hit in Nigeria attack

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 11:48pm on July 05, 2020

  The United Nations on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter damaged in a jihadist attack in restive...

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  IS jihadists kill six people in attack on Nigeria town

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 04:54pm on June 14, 2020

  Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group killed six people on Saturday in an assault on a strategic garrison town in restive northeast Nigeria, security...

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  At least 59 villagers killed in Nigeria Jihadist attack

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 11:09am on June 10, 2020

  Fighters from an Islamic State-linked jihadist group on Tuesday killed 59 people in a raid on a herding village in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, local...