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VietNam News English 7 day(s) ago
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday imposed a "state of emergency" in three states menaced by Islamist group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures." The insurgents, who say they are fighting to create an Islamic state in the north, have carried out scores of attacks since 2009 but Jonathan said the violence can no longer be treated as "militancy or criminality."
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Báo Dân Trí English 3 month(s) ago
Police in northern Nigeria say gunmen have kidnapped seven foreign workers from a construction company.
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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago
Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an incident that left one soldier and 13 insurgents dead, the army said.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 7 month(s) ago
Armed bandits descended on a village in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing 22 people, most of them shot dead as they were leaving prayers at a mosque, the state police commissioner said.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 8 month(s) ago
Gunmen massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area of northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, calling victims out by name before shooting them or slitting their throats, officials said.
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Báo Dân Trí English 10 month(s) ago
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Nigerian troops killed 20 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in the restive northeastern city of Maiduguri, a senior officer said, an account quickly denied by the militant group.
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VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the president of Nigeria on Thursday to push ahead with reforms as it faces a deadly Islamist insurgency which has shaken Africa's largest oil producer.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 12 month(s) ago
The streets of Nigeria's Kaduna city were mostly empty Monday a day after suicide blasts on three churches carried out by Boko Haram Islamists and subsequent rioting killed at least 52 people.
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Báo Dân Trí English 12 month(s) ago
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Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 12 month(s) ago
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Bomb blasts damaged five churches in four cities in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, injuring dozens of worshippers and leading to an immediate curfew, officials said.
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Báo Dân Trí English 12 month(s) ago
A suicide blast at the police headquarters in Nigeria's restive city of Maiduguri on Friday killed at least one police officer and four civilians as well as injuring several others, officials said.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 13 month(s) ago
Arsenal are planning to visit Africa for the first time in 19 years by travelling to troubled Nigeria for a pre-season friendly.
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 13 month(s) ago
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Attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people as worshippers tried to flee, witnesses and officials said.
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Báo Dân Trí English 13 month(s) ago
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Attackers with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at a Nigerian university on Sunday, killing around 20 people as worshippers tried to flee, witnesses and officials said.
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