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  Armed cattle thieves kill 53 villagers in northern Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 11:55pm on June 12, 2021

  Armed cattle thieves have killed 53 people in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, police and local residents said Saturday, the latest violence to hit the restive...

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  Nigeria asks all broadcasters to delete Twitter

  Agence France-Presse. Abuja, Nigeria | Updated at 07:12pm on June 07, 2021

  Nigeria has directed all TV and radio stations to ‘suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately,’ describing its use as unpatriotic, the country's National Broadcasting Commission...

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  13 wedding guests die after boat capsizes in Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 11:18am on June 06, 2021

  Thirteen people died in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state when a boat ferrying wedding guests capsized, officials said, a week after 150 people went missing in...

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  66 killed by gunmen in northwest Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 10:52am on June 06, 2021

  A gang of cattle thieves killed 66 people in raids on seven villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state, police told AFP on Saturday...

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  Nigeria govt suspends Twitter for indefinite period

  Agence France-Presse . Abuja, Nigeria | Updated at 02:01pm on June 05, 2021

  The government of Nigeria said on Friday it was suspending Twitter's operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President...

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  Nigeria’s govt slammed after suspending Twitter indefinitely

  Agence France-Presse. Abuja, Nigeria | Updated at 04:54am on June 05, 2021

  Nigeria's government said on Friday it was suspending Twitter's operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's...

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  MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Abuja | Updated at 11:03pm on June 03, 2021

  Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. The region has struggled with decades-long communal clashes...

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  Gunmen kidnapped 136 children Sunday in Nigeria: state govt

  Agence France-Presse . Abuja | Updated at 01:52pm on June 03, 2021

  Nigerian authorities said late on Wednesday that gunmen seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary on Sunday...

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  Scores of children abducted from Nigeria school

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 10:02am on May 31, 2021

  Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest mass abduction to hit Africa’s most populous nation. Some...

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  At least 150 people missing as boat capsizes in Nigeria river

  Agence France-Presse . Kano, Nigeria | Updated at 02:07pm on May 27, 2021

  More than 150 people were feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger...