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Nigeria militants kill school pupils
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 hour ago
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Suspected Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria have killed at least nine school children, the second targeted attack on students in recent days. Gunmen believed to be from the Boko Haram group opened fire on the pupils, who were in school uniform,
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Nigeria: Year After Church Bombings Kaduna Struggles to Rebuild
Kaduna :: Nigeria | 5 hours ago
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Sectarian violence has plagued central Nigeria for decades and tens of thousands of people have been killed. Many mosques and churches are still rubble and in some cities the population has segregated itself out of fear. It is the first anniversary
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Nigeria: National Assembly Has Not Ruled Out State Creation - Senator Eze
Enugu :: Nigeria | 15 hours ago
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Enugu Senator Ayogu Eze representing Enugu North Senatorial zone at the National Assembly has dismissed recent media reports that no state agitation met the basic requirements, saying the door was still open for the creation of new states. Deputy
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Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from north Nigeria
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | 16 hours ago
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Nigeria (AP) Officials say Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields. Agriculture commissioner Usman Zannah in Borno state warns food
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Nigeria: Seven Students, Four Others Killed in Boko Haram Attacks On Damaturu
Damaturu :: Nigeria | 18 hours ago
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Confirming the incident to journalists, the spokesman of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State, Lt. Eli Lazarus, said 11 people were killed in separate attacks as suspected members of the Boko Haram sect attacked the Government Secondary
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11 dead in attack on school, soldiers: Nigerian military
Damaturu :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
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Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria's northeast, leaving 11 people dead including seven students, the military said on Monday. Details were sketchy and the information could not be
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Nigeria: Jonathan Attacks "Clueless" Emergency Rule Critics
Lagos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago
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Dozens of youth in northeast states, seeking out and handing over Boko Haram insurgents to soldiers, are "new national heroes" whose collaboration with the military, enforcing emergency rule in the area, has proven critics of the operation "clueless",
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Nigeria: Divisions Grow in Jonathan's Party
Abuja :: Nigeria | 3 days ago
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On Friday 24 May, governors from 35 of Nigeria's 36 states met in Abuja to elect the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF). Incumbent chairman and governor of oil-rich Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, defeated the president's preferred
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Nigeria`s president declares state of emergency in 3 states
Abuja :: Nigeria | 4 days ago
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday declared a state of emergency in three troubled northern states, where a radical Islamist outfit has been carrying out killings and battling with government forces. In a televised address to the nation,
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Nigeria: Shekau's Wife, Others Freed
Damaturu :: Nigeria | 5 days ago
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She was released last week alongside Malama Zara, wife of slain leader of the group, Mohammed Yusuf, and seven other wives of top commanders of the Boko Haram sect who have been in detention for months. Also released are three children of Shekau as
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