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state of emergency in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities said they've relaxed a curfew in northern states as military forces gain ground against Islamic militant group Boko Haram. Nigerian President
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Nigerian troops claims success against Boko Haram insurgents
Abuja :: Nigeria | 22 hours ago
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Nigeria'a military said they have recorded successes in their fight against insurgents by arresting more than 100 members of the radical group Boko Haram and forced them to flee from some areas they had captured. In a sweeping offensive against Boko
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Nigerian troops kill 20 militants in fresh raid on Islamic insurgent camps
Nigerian troops on Friday killed around 20 Islamic militants in the first wide-scale offensive against terrorists in the country’s northeast, authorities have said. Analysts say that the air raid by the Nigerian Air Force fighters and
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Nigeria: Cell Phone Service Cut in Borno, Yobe
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | 5 days ago
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Yola/Maiduguri/Damaturu/Abuja Mobile phone service was turned off yesterday in Borno and Yobe, stifling social life and business activities in two of the three states affected by the proclamation of state of emergency on Tuesday. Daily Trust's
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Nigeria's president declares state of emergency
In a televised press conference the President said that he had ordered the country's military forces to take care of the security of the states of Adama, Borno and Yobe. According to the BBC , he also requested that more troops
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Nigeria militants film 'hostages'
Baga :: Nigeria | 9 days ago
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Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has abducted women and children in response to the arrest of its members' wives and children, it says. Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau released a video, showing women and children purportedly being held.
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Nigerian doctors shut hospital
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | 11 days ago
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Doctors have closed the main hospital in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri in protest at alleged police assaults on staff and patients. They say officers became angry because the hospital mortuary was too full to take the bodies of colleagues
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Killing at least 55 people in Nigeria in attacks by Boko Haram
Army spokesman in Nigeria said that 55 people died in the attack carried out by the organization of radical Islamic Boko Haram, to the east of the country. The attack targeted a prison in the state of Borno, where 105 prisoners were
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Nigeria: Yobe Assembly to Enact Law for HIV Test Before Marriage
Damaturu :: Nigeria | 16 days ago
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Dogo, who made the disclosure while receiving people living with HIV/AIDs In his office in Damaturu, said the alarming spread of the virus in the state can only be reduced through tests before marriage. He advised residents to carry out tests and
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Police: 10 killed in Nigeria church, market attack
Yola :: Nigeria | 16 days ago
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Nigeria (AP) Police say at least 10 people have been killed in an attack in northeast Nigeria that targeted a church and a local market. The attack occurred Sunday in Njilan, a village in Adamawa state. Adamawa state police spokesman Muhammad Ibrahim
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