Kaduna

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  25 Children Killed After Bus Carrying Religious Pilgrim Crashes In Nigeria

  A bus carrying Muslim faithful celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed crashed in northern Nigeria's Kaduna state, killing at least 25 children, an official told AFP Tuesday.

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  Nigeria Army Drone Strike Accidently Kills 85 Civilians

  A Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 civilians on Sunday in a village in northwest Kaduna State, officials said, in one of the country's deadliest military bombing mishaps.

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  Weak And Tattered, 29 Students Freed By Kidnappers In Nigeria's Kaduna

  Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria's Kaduna state.

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  2 Americans, 2 Canadians Abducted In Nigeria, 2 Police Killed

  Kidnappers have abducted two Americans and two Canadians in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing two police officers, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

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  20 Killed in Zaria, Nigeria Bomb Attack: State Governor

  At least 20 people were killed in a bomb blast in the city of Zaria, northern Nigeria, today, a regional governor said.

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  Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari: From Coup Leader to 'Converted Democrat'

  Muhammadu Buhari, who is being sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist.

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  Opposition Holds Lead, Wins Key State in Tense Nigeria Vote

  Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari today won the key prize of Lagos state in the country's general election, keeping a lead of about two million votes as results came in.

• Nigeria Opens Long-Awaited Battle of Ideas Against Boko Haram

  In classrooms facing a sandy courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, Maska Road Islamic School teaches a creed that condemns the violent ideology of groups like Boko Haram.

• Second Blast Rocks Nigeria's Kaduna City: Police

  A second explosion rocked a crowded market area in northern Nigeria's Kaduna city today, police said, after a suicide bomber targeting the convoy of a prominent cleric killed at least 25 people.

• Bomb Targeting Imam in North Nigeria Kills at Least 15

  A bomb tossed off the back of a motorcycle at a Nigerian Muslim cleric killed at least 15 people on a busy commercial road in the northern city of Kaduna on Wednesday, witnesses said.

• Nigerian President Condemns Terror Attacks

  Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the recent bomb attacks in Bauchi and Kaduna states.

• Gunmen Kill 18 in Raid on Village in Nigeria's 'Middle Belt'

  At least 18 people were killed when gunmen stormed a village in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna overnight, a police spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest in daily bloody attacks that have racked Africa's most populous country.

• Nigeria: surging bloodshed strains "marriage of irreconcilables"

  When Fulani raiders carrying rifles, machetes and clubs stormed his village one night last month, Pius Nna was stunned to see his teenage nephew among them.

• Nigeria military base bombing death toll hits 30

  A hospital official says the death toll in a twin suicide bombing at a church in a major military base in Nigeria has risen to at least 30.

• 20 shot dead outside Nigeria mosque: Military

  Armed robbers opened fire on a group of people as they left prayers at a mosque in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Sunday, killing about 20, a military spokesman said.