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Gunmen kidnap nine students from Nigerian university
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least nine students were kidnapped from their classrooms by gunmen at a university in Nigeria's northern state of Kogi, the state government said on Friday, ...
Nigerian rail projects drive home China's belt and road commitment to African infrastructure...
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoBuilding railways and bridges in Africa are a key focus for Beijing, after senior diplomat for...
Nigerian fishing community on edge after jihadists threaten attack
Reuters via AOL· 1 week agoABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) -Nigerian fisherman Modu Umar has hardly slept for two weeks, torn between staying in his Baga community or fleeing after Islamist militants warned residents to leave ...
Nigeria's paramilitary raids birthday party for gay people, 76 arrested
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoSeventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country's paramilitary agency said on Monday, adding that the organiser had also planned ...
Nigeria's Borno state mobilises militia after 8 soldiers killed by militants
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNigeria's Borno state government has asked for 300 militia to help the military clear out Islamist insurgents after they killed at least eight soldiers during an attack in the northeastern town ...
Suspected militants kill four Nigerian police officers
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAt least four police officers were killed in Nigeria's northeast Borno state after a gun battle with suspected Islamist insurgents, a police spokesperson said on Saturday. Borno has been the ...
Suspected insurgents kill 14 in northeast Nigeria, residents say
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoSuspected insurgents in Nigeria killed 14 people in a rampage that began in a nightclub and proceeded into the surrounding neighborhood in northeastern Yobe state, residents said on Friday, ...
Police: Extremists kill 25 fishermen in northeast Nigeria
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe rebels attacked the fishermen in the remote Mukdolo village of Borno where the years-long extremist violence is concentrated, said the local police chief Abdu Umar. Nigeria, Africa’s most ...
At least 23 killed in Nigeria after herdsmen attack villagers
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClashes between herdsmen and farmers in the Nigerian state of Benue left at least 23 people dead, a local official said on Thursday, the latest deadly incident fuelled by growing pressure on ...
Nigeria's Tinubu has unassailable lead in provisional election results - Reuters tally
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has an unassailable lead in the presidential election...