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15 Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria's Oil Hub: Police
Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.
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20 Shot Dead By Suspected Islamists in Northeast Nigeria: Locals
Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, local sources said.
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New Video Shows Scenes Inside 'Boko Haram-Controlled Town'
A new Boko Haram video obtained by AFP on Sunday shows militants on an armoured vehicle parading down a road in an unidentified town they apparently control and the group's leader Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals.
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Nigeria's Road Shame Goes Online in Hope of Better Days
The dismal state of Nigeria's roads is a constant source of exasperation for the long-suffering population but a tongue-in-cheek campaign on social media is trying to shame the authorities into action.
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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.
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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.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Explosion Kills At Least Nine in Nigeria
An apparent car bomb exploded on a busy road in Nigeria's capital on Thursday night and a hospital worker said at least nine people died.
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Nigeria oil tanker fire kills at least 95
At least 95 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over were killed on Thursday when the vehicle caught fire, officials said. The tanker swerved as it was trying to avoid a collision with three oncoming vehicles including a bus, said Kayode Olagunju, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission in the sou...
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Car bomb near Nigeria church kills 38
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday morning on a busy road after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people in a massive blast that rattled a city long at the center of religious, ethnic and political violence in the nation. The blast struck Kaduna, the capital of K...
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15 Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria's Oil Hub: Police
Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.
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20 Shot Dead By Suspected Islamists in Northeast Nigeria: Locals
Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, local sources said.
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New Video Shows Scenes Inside 'Boko Haram-Controlled Town'
A new Boko Haram video obtained by AFP on Sunday shows militants on an armoured vehicle parading down a road in an unidentified town they apparently control and the group's leader Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals.
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Nigeria's Road Shame Goes Online in Hope of Better Days
The dismal state of Nigeria's roads is a constant source of exasperation for the long-suffering population but a tongue-in-cheek campaign on social media is trying to shame the authorities into action.
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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.
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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.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Explosion Kills At Least Nine in Nigeria
An apparent car bomb exploded on a busy road in Nigeria's capital on Thursday night and a hospital worker said at least nine people died.
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Nigeria oil tanker fire kills at least 95
At least 95 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over were killed on Thursday when the vehicle caught fire, officials said. The tanker swerved as it was trying to avoid a collision with three oncoming vehicles including a bus, said Kayode Olagunju, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission in the sou...
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Car bomb near Nigeria church kills 38
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday morning on a busy road after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people in a massive blast that rattled a city long at the center of religious, ethnic and political violence in the nation. The blast struck Kaduna, the capital of K...
