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35 Children Killed In Nigeria School Fair Stampede: Police
A stampede at a high school fair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has left 35 children dead and seriously injured six others, police said Thursday.
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Nigeria: At Least 27 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Niger River
A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country's busy waterways.
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Nigerian Zookeeper Mauled To Death By Lion He Had Raised Since Birth
A zookeeper who had been taking care of lions for almost a decade was killed by one of the big cats at a Nigerian university.
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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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Dozens Killed In Nigeria As Military Drone Accidentally Strikes Village
An army drone strike accidentally hit a village in northwestern Nigeria killing dozens of civilians celebrating a Muslim festival, local authorities, the military and residents said on Monday.
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Man Wanted For Murdering Nigerian Arrested After Four Years In Maharashtra
Around four years after a Nigerian man was allegedly killed by four persons in Nalasopara in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, police arrested one of the accused who was found to be living in the same town with a fake identity.
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26 Nigeria Troops Killed In Ambush, Rescue Helicopter Crashes: Military
At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria late Sunday, two military sources told AFP.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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80 Killed In Nigerian Oil Blast: Emergency Services
An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said on Sunday.
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About 200 Dead In Attacks In Northwest Nigeria, Residents Say
An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday.
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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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Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau "Badly Wounded": Report
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival ISIS-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday.
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Gunmen Kill 10 Soldiers In Nigeria: Army
Gunmen killed 10 Nigerian soldiers and an officer in central Benue state, the army said today.
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7 Killed In Nigerian Military Aircraft Crash
Seven people on board a military aircraft died in a crash Sunday near Nigeria's capital Abuja, the country's airforce spokesman said.
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Nigerian Man In Noida Kills Infant Daughter, Throws Body From Balcony: Police
A Nigerian man, staying in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, was arrested after he allegedly killed his infant daughter and threw her body from their second-floor apartment on Monday, police said.
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35 Children Killed In Nigeria School Fair Stampede: Police
A stampede at a high school fair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has left 35 children dead and seriously injured six others, police said Thursday.
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Nigeria: At Least 27 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Niger River
A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country's busy waterways.
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Nigerian Zookeeper Mauled To Death By Lion He Had Raised Since Birth
A zookeeper who had been taking care of lions for almost a decade was killed by one of the big cats at a Nigerian university.
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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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Dozens Killed In Nigeria As Military Drone Accidentally Strikes Village
An army drone strike accidentally hit a village in northwestern Nigeria killing dozens of civilians celebrating a Muslim festival, local authorities, the military and residents said on Monday.
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Man Wanted For Murdering Nigerian Arrested After Four Years In Maharashtra
Around four years after a Nigerian man was allegedly killed by four persons in Nalasopara in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, police arrested one of the accused who was found to be living in the same town with a fake identity.
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26 Nigeria Troops Killed In Ambush, Rescue Helicopter Crashes: Military
At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria late Sunday, two military sources told AFP.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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80 Killed In Nigerian Oil Blast: Emergency Services
An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said on Sunday.
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About 200 Dead In Attacks In Northwest Nigeria, Residents Say
An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday.
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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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Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau "Badly Wounded": Report
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival ISIS-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday.
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Gunmen Kill 10 Soldiers In Nigeria: Army
Gunmen killed 10 Nigerian soldiers and an officer in central Benue state, the army said today.
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7 Killed In Nigerian Military Aircraft Crash
Seven people on board a military aircraft died in a crash Sunday near Nigeria's capital Abuja, the country's airforce spokesman said.
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Nigerian Man In Noida Kills Infant Daughter, Throws Body From Balcony: Police
A Nigerian man, staying in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, was arrested after he allegedly killed his infant daughter and threw her body from their second-floor apartment on Monday, police said.
