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  PM Modi condoles Muhammadu Buhari's demise: All you need to know about Nigeria's former President

  World | July 14, 2025 13:10 IST

  Buhari, who led Nigeria twice, first as a military ruler and later as a democratically elected president, died at the age of 82 in London, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

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  Nigeria suspends Twitter over president's deleted tweet

  World | June 05, 2021 7:06 IST

  Nigeria's government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa's most populous nation.

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  Terror group Boko Haram has no place to hide, claims Nigeria's President

  World | December 24, 2016 21:18 IST

  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday declared that the extremist group Boko Haram was finally crushed by the Nigerian army in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its stronghold. His victorious statement came as

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  Boko Haram raid kills 28 in villages across northeastern Nigeria

  World | August 29, 2015 6:59 IST

  Bauchi:  Boko Haram militants killed 28 on Friday in a series of raids on remote farming and fishing villages in Northeast Nigeria, according to members of a civilian defence group.A total of 24 people were

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  Nigeria's military oust Boko Haram from northern towns

  World | April 11, 2015 12:22 IST

  Gwoza: Nigeria's military officials boast that they have ousted Boko Haram extremists from all major towns and forest camps in a large area of northern Nigeria, but Associated Press journalists have seen evidence that the