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Nigerian President instructs security agencies to rescue kidnapped school
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the kidnapping of children from a school in the north-central state of Niger on Sunday, and urged agencies involved to do their utmost to rescue the kidnapped kids.
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Students abducted after gunmen attack school in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Sunday said a group of gunmen killed one resident and abducted some students following an attack in the country's north-central state of Niger.
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Nigerian government declares 156 people missing, four dead over boat misha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI): The Nigerian government has declared 156 people missing in a boat mishap on Wednesday (local time) in northwestern Kebbi state.
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About 140 people missing after boat sinks in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 140 people went missing after an overcrowded boat carrying some 160 passengers capsized in Nigeria on Wednesday, media said.
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Nigerian Army Chief dies in aircraft crash
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 22 (ANI): Nigeria's army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru is said to have died in a plane crash during a visit to the northern state of Kaduna, according to local media reports.
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6 killed after gunmen attack on police station in Nigeria's southern state
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police confirmed on Sunday a gunmen attack on a police station on Saturday in the southern state of Akwa Ibom, killing six persons, including five police officers and a civilian.
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Experts in Nigeria raise concerns over country's rising indebtedness to Ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 27 (ANI): Experts in Nigeria have raised concerns over the country's rising indebtedness to China, saying that it is a recipe for economic slavery.
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9 killed by gunmen in Nigerian attack
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least nine persons were killed by gunmen who invaded a village in Nigeria's southeastern state of Anambra on Monday, said the police.
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Gunmen kill 8 in separate attacks in NW Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen in separate attacks invaded three local government areas in a state in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people, an official said on Wednesday.
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Nigerian President gets vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], March 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received their first COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Saturday.
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Nigeria receives over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from India
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI): Nigeria on Tuesday received 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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Nigeria receives Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under 'Vaccine Maitri' in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Tuesday informed that Nigeria received the Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under the 'Vaccine Maitri' programme.
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