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Nigerian Police arrests over 200 people at suspected same-sex wedding
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Nigerian Police on Monday arrested more than 200 people at a suspected gay wedding. This comes as one of the biggest mass arrests in recent years targeting the country’s LGBTQ community, CNN reported.
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Nigerian police kill four gunmen in north state
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four gunmen suspected to be bandits were killed in a shootout with Nigerian police in the northern state of Kaduna, police said on Thursday.
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Three Nigerian police officers killed in gunmen attack
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Three police officers were killed early Saturday when unidentified shooters attacked a police station in central Nigeria, police authorities said.
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24 abductees rescued in northwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police in the northwest state of Zamfara have rescued 24 people abducted by bandits, a spokesperson said Saturday.
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6 killed in road accident in southern Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Friday confirmed six people were killed and three injured after a water tanker rammed into some commercial tricycles on a street in the southern city of Enugu on Thursday.
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Rescued 187 captives in country's northwestern Zamfara state, say Nigerian
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Zamfara [Nigeria], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian police have rescued 187 people that were held by bandits in the Tsibiri forest in the northwestern state of Zamfara, media reported.
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Gunmen abduct former Nigerian president's staff
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], September 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Thursday confirmed they have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers of three staff of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the country's southwestern state of Ogun.
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Nigerian police rescue 5 abducted students in NW state
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said Thursday that they have rescued five of the 73 abducted students of a school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
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Gunmen kidnap 73 students in northwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Wednesday 73 students were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from their school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
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11 kidnapped after gunmen attack in northwest Nigeria, say police
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Sunday a group of unidentified gunmen attacked a town in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state, kidnapping 11 people, including a traditional ruler.
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Gunmen kill 10 at bar in central Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Monday confirmed 10 people were killed at a local bar attacked by gunmen in the country's central state of Plateau.
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11 killed in gunmen attack in southwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 11 residents and attackers were killed in a gunmen attack in the southwestern state of Oyo on Saturday, Nigerian police said Sunday night.
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