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Criminals kidnap at least 30 people in Western Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of armed criminals has kidnapped at least 30 people on a roadway in the western Nigerian state of Niger, media reported.
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At least 43 people killed in gunmen attack in North-Western Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 19 (Sputnik/ANI): At least forty-three people were killed in an armed attack on a village market in the Nigerian state of Sokoto in the northwest of the country, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing the state government.
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Nigerian security forces kill 10 gunmen in NW state
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria] October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian security forces have killed 10 armed bandits and rescued one civilian in a recent operation against the hideouts of bandits in the northwest state Kaduna, an official said on Monday.
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11 killed in Nigeria road accident
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kwara [Nigeria], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in central Nigeria's Kwara state on Sunday afternoon.
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DRI seizes cocaine worth over Rs 5.5 crore, 2 Nigerian women arrested
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17, (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday seized around 530 grams of cocaine and arrested two Nigerian women who arrived at Cochin International Airport from Lagos through Doha in Qatar Airways.
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Displaced families in northeast Nigeria 'knocking on door of starvation':
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 16 (ANI): Displaced families in Nigeria's northeast are "knocking on the door of starvation", the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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Nigerian troops kill 29 Boko Haram terrorists in anti-terror operations
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian military on Thursday said a total of 29 Boko Haram terrorists were recently killed in the country's northeast region, following a series of anti-operations by troops.
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Two Nigerian arrested for cheating people through matrimonial sites
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly cheating people after making relationships through matrimonial websites on the pretext of marriage, informed an official note.
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Bus crash kills 7 in central Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian road police confirmed seven passengers dead and 12 others sustained varying degrees of injury following a bus crash in the country's central region on Tuesday.
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9 killed, 15 injured in SW Nigeria road accident
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 9 passengers were killed and 15 others injured when two commuter buses collided on a busy road in Nigeria's southwestern state of Oyo at the weekend, the country's Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Monday.
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Nigerian held with drugs worth Rs 35 lakhs in Mumbai
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 11 (ANI): Anti Narcotics Cell of Mumbai's Ghatkopar unit arrested a Nigerian national and seized drugs worth Rs 35 lakhs from his possession.
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Nigerian national held in Mumbai cruise drug raid, 20 th arrest in case
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 10 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a Nigerian national, marking the twentieth arrest in the Mumbai cruise drug bust case, the agency said on Sunday.
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