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Nigeria's Omicron variant cases surge to 51
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian health authorities said Friday the country has identified more cases of the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections of the variant to 51.
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Nigerian state lawmaker shot dead
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A state lawmaker of north Nigeria's Kaduna state was shot dead by gunmen on Monday on a highway in the state, a local official said on Wednesday.
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Nigeria mulls buying Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, getting shot as donation
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is considering the procurement of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, but does not exclude the option of receiving it from Russia as a donation, Nigerian Ambassador in Moscow Abdullahi Shehu told Sputnik in his first interview since t
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Six people, including 3 Nigerian nationals, test positive for Omicron in P
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 6 (ANI): A total of six people, including three Nigerian nationals, have tested positive for the 'Omicron' variant of COVID-19 in Pimpri Chinchwad of Pune district, informed Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil on Monday.
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11 killed, 262 inmates flee from Nigerian prison after attack by militants
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 11 people were killed and 262 inmates fled as a result of a militant attack on a prison in the city of Jos in central Nigeria, local media reported on Monday.
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4 killed, 5 injured after building collapse in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A building under construction has collapsed in the Nigerian town of Magbon, near the city of Lagos, leaving four people dead and five more injured, media reported.
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Over 3,000 inmates yet to be recaptured after jailbreaks in Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government said on Thursday that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the most populous African country.
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6 killed in road accident in southern Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Nigerian troops kill 38 terrorists in 2 weeks
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian troops have killed 38 extremist terrorists in operations conducted in the past two weeks in the restive northeast region, a military spokesperson said on Thursday.
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Thirty Nigerian students abducted by bandits in June released
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Gunmen in Nigeria freed another 30 Kebbi State college students who were kidnapped in June, Yahaya Sarki, the spokesperson to Kebbi State Governor, said on Thursday.
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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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