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170 Killed As Fuel Tanker Explodes In Nigeria
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday.
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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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"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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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor
All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday.
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Dozens Of Children Freed After New Abduction In Nigeria: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday.
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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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Nigeria's Boko Haram Frees 21 Kidnapped Chibok Girls After 2 And A Half Years
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
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Iraq, Nigeria And Now Turkey: Child Bombers, A Shift In Terrorists' Strategy
The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Nigeria President Accused Of Overstating Boko Haram Losses
Officials in northern Nigeria say President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated the military's success against Boko Haram after an American commander testified that the extremist group still holds territory.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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At Least 48 Killed In Bombings In North Nigeria
At least 48 people were killed in suicide attacks and bombings on Monday in two cities in northern Nigeria where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging a six-year campaign to create an Islamic state, officials and residents said.
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Nigeria Army Raids Shi'ite Sect; Hospital Says At Least 60 Killed
At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a minority Shi'ite sect and arrested its leader in the northern city of Zaria, the director of a local hospital said on Monday.
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Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kano Suicide Bomb: Reports
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a procession of Shi'ite Muslims that killed at least 21 people in northern Nigeria's Kano state, the SITE monitoring service reported on Saturday.
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Blast Hits Mobile Phone Market in Kano, Northeast Nigeria: Traders
A large blast ripped through a busy mobile phone market in Nigeria's biggest northern city, Kano today, two traders told AFP, a day after more than 30 were killed in the northeast city of Yola.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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170 Killed As Fuel Tanker Explodes In Nigeria
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday.
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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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"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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All 279 Kidnapped Nigerian Students Released: Governor
All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday.
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Dozens Of Children Freed After New Abduction In Nigeria: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday.
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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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Nigeria's Boko Haram Frees 21 Kidnapped Chibok Girls After 2 And A Half Years
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
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Iraq, Nigeria And Now Turkey: Child Bombers, A Shift In Terrorists' Strategy
The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Nigeria President Accused Of Overstating Boko Haram Losses
Officials in northern Nigeria say President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated the military's success against Boko Haram after an American commander testified that the extremist group still holds territory.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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At Least 48 Killed In Bombings In North Nigeria
At least 48 people were killed in suicide attacks and bombings on Monday in two cities in northern Nigeria where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging a six-year campaign to create an Islamic state, officials and residents said.
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Nigeria Army Raids Shi'ite Sect; Hospital Says At Least 60 Killed
At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a minority Shi'ite sect and arrested its leader in the northern city of Zaria, the director of a local hospital said on Monday.
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Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kano Suicide Bomb: Reports
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a procession of Shi'ite Muslims that killed at least 21 people in northern Nigeria's Kano state, the SITE monitoring service reported on Saturday.
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Blast Hits Mobile Phone Market in Kano, Northeast Nigeria: Traders
A large blast ripped through a busy mobile phone market in Nigeria's biggest northern city, Kano today, two traders told AFP, a day after more than 30 were killed in the northeast city of Yola.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
