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  Nigerian kidnappers release 53 victims

  Agence France-Presse . Abuja, Nigeria | Updated at 02:31pm on February 22, 2021

  Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from...

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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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  Masudur new Bangladesh envoy in Nigeria

  Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 06:49pm on January 28, 2021

  The government decided to appoint Masudur Rahman, currently serving as deputy chief of mission in Bangladesh embassy in China’s capital, Beijing, as the next high...

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  Nigerian man caught with drugs gets bail

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 10:43am on January 08, 2021

  The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that approved bail for a Nigerian national on the condition that...

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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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  Boko Haram releases video claiming to show kidnapped boys

  Agence France-Presse .Kankara, Nigeria | Updated at 10:46am on December 18, 2020

  The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys seized in a mass kidnapping in northwest Nigeria last week. The...

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  Bangladesh participates in 15th Abuja Int'l Trade Fair

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 08:33pm on December 06, 2020

  Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja has participated in the 15th Abuja International Trade Fair, Nigeria under the theme ‘Trade and Commerce Beyond Borders.’ Abuja Chamber...