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All kidnapped Nigerian students released
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], March 2 (ANI/Xinhua): All Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school on Friday in the north-western state of Zamfara have been released, a local official said on Tuesday.
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Road accident kills 9, injures 41 in Nigeria
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], March 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and 41 others injured in a road accident involving multiple vehicles in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano on Sunday, a local official said.
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UN calls for immediate release of 317 girls abducted from school in Nigeri
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
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Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorists, retake 'lost' town: Army spoke
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian troops killed some Boko Haram terrorists while retaking a town "lost" to them earlier in the country's northeast region, said a spokesman for the Army on Tuesday.
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Gunmen kill 3 policemen, abduct civilian in southeast Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Three policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a zoological garden in southeast Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.
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7 killed in military plane crash in Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven persons were killed after a military plane crashed in Abuja, Nigeria's capital on Sunday, a spokesperson said.
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9 killed, 3 injured in Nigeria highway accident
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were confirmed killed and three others injured in a highway accident in the Nigerian southern state of Cross River on Friday, an official said.
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19 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gunfight with Nigerian military
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 19 fleeing Boko Haram terrorists were killed in an encounter with the Nigerian military in the northeastern state of Borno, according to security sources on Wednesday.
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4 killed, 11 injured in Nigeria tanker explosion
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A woman and three children were killed in a tanker explosion in Nigeria's Delta State, said an official on Saturday.
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Scores of Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's restive northeastern state of Borno, an official said on Friday.
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12 killed, 25 injured in Nigeria auto crash
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured in a fatal auto crash along the Kaduna-Abuja highway in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a local official said.
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Nigerian Military frees over 300 students abducted by Boko Haram
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 300 boys who were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed, Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari announced.
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