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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...