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Nigerian Police Officer Shoots 5 People Dead In Rampage
A Nigerian police inspector has killed five civilians and injured four in a shooting rampage, police said Monday, in the latest violence in the country's restive southeast.
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Nigerian Army Uses Donald Trump's Video To Justify Shooting Protesters
Nigeria's army on Friday posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones to justify opening fire on a Shiite group this week.
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World Cup 2018: Javier Mascherano Shoots Down Jorge Sampaoli Rift Rumours
Argentina face Nigeria in a must-win FIFA World Cup match in Saint Petersburg on June 26.
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Boko Haram Kill 11 People Who 'Escaped Forced Conscription' in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants executed 11 men overnight Friday in northeastern Nigeria, dragging them out of their homes and shooting them for escaping forced conscription by the armed group, residents said.
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Nearly 150 Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attacks in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said on Thursday.
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Gunmen Kill 9 in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Delta State Rivers
Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively peaceful presidential election.
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Girls Face Rising Violence in Fight for Education: United Nations
High-profile attacks such as the abduction 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan are a fraction of what is suffered by girls trying to get an education, the UN human rights office said today.
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Ebola Death Toll Shoots Past 4,500 Mark: WHO
The death toll in the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has shot past 4,500, killing at least half of the more than 9,000 people infected, fresh World Health Organization figures showed Friday.
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Boko Haram Blamed as 13 Die in Nigeria College Shooting, Blast
At least 13 people were killed and 34 injured on Wednesday as a gunbattle broke out between police and suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers in Nigeria's second city of Kano, police said.
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Nigeria Islamists Kill More Than 40 in Northeast
Suspected Islamists raided the remote northeast Nigerian town of Damboa over the weekend, shooting dead more than 40 residents and burning down houses in a familiar pattern of killing that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes this year.
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44 gunned down in Nigeria mosque: security agents
Security agents say suspected Islamic militants have gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria.
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Nigerian troops swarm after 40 killed in student massacre
The death toll from a massacre in a student housing area in northeast Nigeria that saw attackers shoot victims and slit their throats has climbed to at least 40, a school official said on Wednesday.
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Sectarian violence spreads in Nigeria, 67 dead
At least 67 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings carried out in northeast Nigeria overnight, officials said Saturday, as frightened mourners left their homes to begin burying their dead.
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Nigerian Police Officer Shoots 5 People Dead In Rampage
A Nigerian police inspector has killed five civilians and injured four in a shooting rampage, police said Monday, in the latest violence in the country's restive southeast.
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Nigerian Army Uses Donald Trump's Video To Justify Shooting Protesters
Nigeria's army on Friday posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones to justify opening fire on a Shiite group this week.
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World Cup 2018: Javier Mascherano Shoots Down Jorge Sampaoli Rift Rumours
Argentina face Nigeria in a must-win FIFA World Cup match in Saint Petersburg on June 26.
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Boko Haram Kill 11 People Who 'Escaped Forced Conscription' in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants executed 11 men overnight Friday in northeastern Nigeria, dragging them out of their homes and shooting them for escaping forced conscription by the armed group, residents said.
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Nearly 150 Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attacks in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said on Thursday.
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Gunmen Kill 9 in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Delta State Rivers
Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively peaceful presidential election.
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Girls Face Rising Violence in Fight for Education: United Nations
High-profile attacks such as the abduction 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan are a fraction of what is suffered by girls trying to get an education, the UN human rights office said today.
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Ebola Death Toll Shoots Past 4,500 Mark: WHO
The death toll in the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has shot past 4,500, killing at least half of the more than 9,000 people infected, fresh World Health Organization figures showed Friday.
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Boko Haram Blamed as 13 Die in Nigeria College Shooting, Blast
At least 13 people were killed and 34 injured on Wednesday as a gunbattle broke out between police and suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers in Nigeria's second city of Kano, police said.
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Nigeria Islamists Kill More Than 40 in Northeast
Suspected Islamists raided the remote northeast Nigerian town of Damboa over the weekend, shooting dead more than 40 residents and burning down houses in a familiar pattern of killing that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes this year.
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44 gunned down in Nigeria mosque: security agents
Security agents say suspected Islamic militants have gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria.
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Nigerian troops swarm after 40 killed in student massacre
The death toll from a massacre in a student housing area in northeast Nigeria that saw attackers shoot victims and slit their throats has climbed to at least 40, a school official said on Wednesday.
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Sectarian violence spreads in Nigeria, 67 dead
At least 67 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings carried out in northeast Nigeria overnight, officials said Saturday, as frightened mourners left their homes to begin burying their dead.
