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"I Saw Corpses Of My Friends": Farmers Beheaded In Violence-Hit Nigeria
Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.
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21 Killed In Nigeria Church Attack: Government Official
The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria.
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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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6 Killed In Boko Haram Suicide Attack In Nigeria: Army
Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Damboa, northeast Nigeria, the army said, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
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35 Dead In North East Nigeria Suicide Attacks: State Government
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 35 people at a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria, a state official said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the region.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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8 Killed in NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing: Relief Agency
Eight people were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri seeking to escape Boko Haram violence in the countryside.
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Nigeria's Instagram Agony Aunt Advises Women on Love, Violence, Justice
From unrequited love and cheating husbands to domestic violence and marital rape, a Nigerian agony aunt is using Instagram to encourage women to share their stories anonymously, ask for advice and even seek justice in court.
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Love and Life Advice From Nigeria's Instagram Agony Aunt
A cheating husband, domestic violence, marital problems or a complicated love life are standard fare for agony aunts across the world.
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Nigeria Warned About Fresh Violence in Oil-Rich South
Nigeria was on Tuesday warned that violence could resume in the oil-producing south, exacerbating pressure on already stretched resources by Boko Haram in the north,and reduced crude revenues.
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150 People Drowned or Shot Dead Escaping Boko Haram Ambush in Nigeria: Local Reports
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, locals said on Tuesday.
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Boko Haram Violence Spreads in Cameroon
The far north of Cameroon, where a double suicide attack killed at least 11 people on Wednesday, has been regularly targeted by Nigerian Islamist extremists from Boko Haram.
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18 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Nigeria's Jos, Say Police
At least 18 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police said today, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram militants.
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Deadly Violence Hits Northeast as Nigeria President Starts Term
A suicide bombing killed 26 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria's city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hours after Boko Haram launched a separate attack, on the first full day of President Muhammadu Buhari's term.
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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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"I Saw Corpses Of My Friends": Farmers Beheaded In Violence-Hit Nigeria
Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.
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21 Killed In Nigeria Church Attack: Government Official
The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria.
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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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6 Killed In Boko Haram Suicide Attack In Nigeria: Army
Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Damboa, northeast Nigeria, the army said, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
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35 Dead In North East Nigeria Suicide Attacks: State Government
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 35 people at a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria, a state official said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the region.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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8 Killed in NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing: Relief Agency
Eight people were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri seeking to escape Boko Haram violence in the countryside.
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Nigeria's Instagram Agony Aunt Advises Women on Love, Violence, Justice
From unrequited love and cheating husbands to domestic violence and marital rape, a Nigerian agony aunt is using Instagram to encourage women to share their stories anonymously, ask for advice and even seek justice in court.
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Love and Life Advice From Nigeria's Instagram Agony Aunt
A cheating husband, domestic violence, marital problems or a complicated love life are standard fare for agony aunts across the world.
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Nigeria Warned About Fresh Violence in Oil-Rich South
Nigeria was on Tuesday warned that violence could resume in the oil-producing south, exacerbating pressure on already stretched resources by Boko Haram in the north,and reduced crude revenues.
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150 People Drowned or Shot Dead Escaping Boko Haram Ambush in Nigeria: Local Reports
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, locals said on Tuesday.
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Boko Haram Violence Spreads in Cameroon
The far north of Cameroon, where a double suicide attack killed at least 11 people on Wednesday, has been regularly targeted by Nigerian Islamist extremists from Boko Haram.
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18 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Nigeria's Jos, Say Police
At least 18 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police said today, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram militants.
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Deadly Violence Hits Northeast as Nigeria President Starts Term
A suicide bombing killed 26 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria's city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hours after Boko Haram launched a separate attack, on the first full day of President Muhammadu Buhari's term.
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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.
