Nigeria
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Nigeria: Over 300 school children released after two weeks of mass abduction from a Kaduna academy
World | Mar 24, 2024, 03:56 PM ISTThe kidnapping, which took place on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty town in northwestern Kaduna State, was the first mass kidnapping in the country since 2021.
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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap at least 87 in Kaduna state after it apprehended over 300 school children
World | Mar 18, 2024, 09:33 PM ISTKaduna police spokesperson Mansur Hassan confirmed the incident in Kajuru Station village on Sunday night but could not give a figure of those missing.
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Nigeria: Assailants kidnap nearly 300 school children in latest case of mass abductions I VIDEO
World | Mar 10, 2024, 05:59 PM ISTThe kidnapping in Kuriga was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
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Nigeria: At least 200 people, mostly women and children, abducted by Islamic extremists
World | Mar 07, 2024, 11:24 PM ISTThe victims had left several displacement camps to look for firewood in Borno state's Gamboru Ngala council area when they were ambushed and taken hostage, the UN said, in the latest attack in the conflict-hit region where frequent abductions and killings limit movement.
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Herbert Wigwe: Nigeria's Access Bank Group CEO among six dead in California helicopter crash
World | Feb 11, 2024, 12:28 PM ISTSix people, including the group chief executive of one of Nigeria's largest lenders, were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday, authorities said. Six people were on board the helicopter when it crashed around 10 p.m. near Nipton, California.
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Globalisation being weaponised by 'dominant players', currency and trade used as weapons: Jaishankar
World | Jan 23, 2024, 01:16 PM ISTThe minister said the Global South is about a "mindset, a solidarity and a self-reliance" and the world can't progress without the advancement of the Global South. He also stressed that restoring the world to its natural diversity is a "collective objective".
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Nigeria: Over 160 killed, 300 injured in series of attacks on villages as ethnic tensions flare
World | Dec 26, 2023, 07:27 AM ISTA provisional toll by the local Red Cross reported 104 deaths in 18 villages in the Bokkos region of Nigeria. At least 50 people were also reported dead in several villages in the Barkin Ladi area, according to Dickson Chollom, a member of the state parliament.
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Nigeria: Over 85 killed as army drone 'accidentally' struck during Muslim festival congregation
World | Dec 05, 2023, 04:15 PM ISTNigeria drone attack: It said that the armed forces had aimed the target at militant groups but the drone struck the Tudun Biri village while the villagers were busy celebrating a local festival. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged the mistake.
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Nigeria mayhem: Boat with over 100 passengers capsizes in Benue River, 17 killed and over 73 missing
World | Oct 31, 2023, 09:26 AM ISTEmergency rescuers in Nigeria were searching for more than 70 people who went missing over the weekend after a boat loaded with over 100 local traders sank in a river.
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Nigeria: Explosion at illegal oil refinery site kills 15, including pregnant woman
World | Oct 03, 2023, 08:03 PM ISTThe Niger Delta is an impoverished but oil-rich region that contributes most to Nigeria's wealth. Operators often set up illegal refineries in remote areas to avoid regulators.
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World leaders start arriving in New Delhi ahead of much-anticipated G20 I WATCH how India welcomes
World | Sep 07, 2023, 11:44 PM ISTIndia assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organized in 60 cities across the country.
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Mosque collapses during prayers in northwestern Nigeria, 7 killed
World | Aug 12, 2023, 08:20 AM ISTA part of a mosque collapsed in northwestern Nigeria's Kaduna state during prayers killing 7 worshippers, officials said.
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Niger's military announces coup, President Bazoum's government removed
World | Jul 27, 2023, 10:08 AM ISTCol Maj Amadou Abdramane, with nine other formally dressed fighters behind him, said on Wednesday, "We, the protection and security powers... have chosen to stop the system you know."
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Nigeria: 24 killed after 'militia gang' gunmen attack village in Benue
World | Jul 10, 2023, 07:05 AM ISTMore than 100 people have been killed in violent conflict this year in Benue, where armed violence is rampant as clashes continue over limited access to food and water.
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Nigeria: Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Niger Delt
World | Jun 26, 2023, 03:10 PM ISTWhile spills are frequent in the region due to vandalism from oil thieves and a lack of maintenance to pipelines, according to the UN Environmental Programme, activists call this a “major one.”
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Nigeria mayhem: At least 103 wedding guests killed as boat capsizes after splitting into two
World | Jun 14, 2023, 09:19 AM ISTMost of those who drowned were relatives from several villages who attended the wedding together and partied late into the night.
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'Thanks to MEA': Kerala sailors, who were detained in Nigeria, return home after nine months
India | Jun 10, 2023, 11:07 PM ISTKerala: 16 Indian crew members on the ship "MT Heroic Idun" were taken into custody last year in Equatorial Guinea and then in Nigeria for allegedly crossing the international maritime boundary line.
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Nigeria: Six killed, dozens injured after bus collides with running train in Lagos
World | Mar 10, 2023, 06:48 AM ISTNigeria train-bus collision: According to locals, the bus driver ignored the rail-traffic signal and tried to cross the track which caused the accident.
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Nigeria: Illegal refinery blast kills at least 12 in Niger Delta region
World | Mar 04, 2023, 07:13 AM ISTNigeria refinery blast: “Preliminary investigation by the Police Command indicates that the victims were scooping crude products when the site caught fire,” Iringe-Koko said.
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Over 50 dead, priest abducted as gunmen open fire, detonate explosives at Nigerian church
World | Jun 06, 2022, 06:37 AM ISTAuthorities did not immediately release an official death toll. However, Adelegbe Timileyin, who represents the Owo area in Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber, said at least 50 people had been killed, though others put the figure higher.