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Explosion in northeastern Nigeria kills 26, injures 3
Updated : 1 year ago IST
At least 26 people were killed and three others injured after two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state. The blast occurred along the road between Rann and Gamboru Ngala, an area plagued by extremist violence. No group has claimed responsibil
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Bomb blasts in Nigeria's Borno state kill 18, injure 48
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The first blast hit a wedding ceremony around 3 PM local time on Saturday, followed by another at General Hospital Gwoza and a third at a funeral
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Nigeria: At least 18 people killed, 48 others injured in bomb blasts in Bo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The first blast occurred at a wedding ceremony at about 3 pm (local time) on Saturday. Then, another blast took place at General Hospital Gwoza and a third at a funeral.
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More than 1.5 million children at risk as devastating floods hit Nigeria
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 23 (ANI): More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance - 60 per cent of which are children - and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe flooding in the past decade, UNICEF warne
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Nigerian troops kill 12 Boko Haram militants in northeast region
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Twelve Boko Haram militants were killed on Sunday as Nigerian troops thwarted an attack by the extremist group on a military base in the northeastern state of Borno, said a spokesperson for the army.
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Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorists, retake 'lost' town: Army spoke
Updated : 5 years, 3 months 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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Abducted UNHCR aid worker pleads for his rescue in video released by Boko
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI): An aid worker of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who has been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from a major highway in northeast Borno State, has pleaded the authorities to rescue him in a video released by the Boko Haram terr
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19 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gunfight with Nigerian military
Updated : 5 years, 3 months 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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Nigerian army kills several Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Airstrikes by Nigerian troops have destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in the restive northeastern state of Borno and killed several terrorists, an official said on Sunday.
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 4 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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Death toll of farmers killed in NE Nigeria rises to 110
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from an attack on farmers in a village in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno has risen to 110, with many wounded, a United Nations official said on Sunday.
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Nigerian military confirms Boko Haram fighters killed in airstrikes
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian military confirmed Friday that an unknown number of Boko Haram fighters were killed in airstrikes around Tudun Wulgo and Tumbun Gini in the restive northeast state of Borno.
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