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Explosion in northeastern Nigeria kills 26, injures 3
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks 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, 8 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, 8 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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Abducted UNHCR aid worker pleads for his rescue in video released by Boko
Updated : 5 years 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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Nigeria: 30 killed in triple suicide blasts in Borno
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 17 (ANI): At least 30 people were killed and 40 others injured after three suicide bombers, including two girls and a boy, detonated explosives at Konduga village, a remote town in Borno state, in northeastern Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.
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Nigeria blasts kill 24: Reports
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria] May 2 (ANI): At least 24 people were killed on Tuesday in a double suicide attack on a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria.
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Three female suicide bombers kill 30 in Nigeria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], August 16 (ANI):At least 30 people were killed and more than 80 others injured when three female suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts in the town of Mandarari, in Nigeria's Borno State, a stronghold of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, on Tuesday.
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Suicide bombers kill 16 in Nigeria's Borno state
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Borno [Nigeria], June 19 (ANI): As many as 16 people have been killed and many injured when suicide bombers simultaneously blew themselves up in different locations in Nigeria's Borno state on Monday.
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More than 100 killed after military jet bombs refugee camp in Nigeria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan. 18 (ANI): More than 100 people have been killed after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed a refugee camp in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria.
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