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Nigerian leader rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue
1 year ago

Nigerian leader rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s leader has ruled out the payment of ransoms for nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago, raising questions from analysts on Thursday about how best to rescue the children without hurting them. At least 1,400 students have so far been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since the first major school …

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Are Nigeria’s bandits a new Boko Haram cell or rival ‘terrorists’?
2 years, 10 months ago

Are Nigeria’s bandits a new Boko Haram cell or rival ‘terrorists’?

Al Jazeera  

In northwestern Nigeria, evidence suggests bandits are becoming collaborators with, and rivals to, Boko Haram factions. After the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, sources within the Nigerian government blamed Boko Haram for these attacks and suggested that armed bandits did not possess the coordination and power to plan such an attack. But in a recent interview, Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, one …

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Nigeria: Gunmen attack kills at least 50 in Plateau state
2 years, 11 months ago

Nigeria: Gunmen attack kills at least 50 in Plateau state

Al Jazeera  

The state shares a border with Kaduna state, currently a haven for criminal gangs known locally as bandits. At least 50 people have been killed and dozens abducted by gunmen in Plateau state in central Nigeria, residents and a community leader said on Monday. But the state shares a border with the northwestern Kaduna state, where suspected bandits – a …

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Nigeria’s army chief, 10 others killed in plane crash
3 years, 9 months ago

Nigeria’s army chief, 10 others killed in plane crash

Al Jazeera  

The incident occurred as the plane was landing at Kaduna airport ‘due to inclement weather’, the army says. Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers have been killed when their plane crashed in the country’s north, according to officials. The incident on Friday occurred “due to inclement weather” as the plane was landing at the …

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Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram?
13 years, 4 months ago

Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram?

ABC  

Nigeria's violent Islamist sect Boko Haram has been described as one of the world's deadliest terror groups, but who comprises the group and what is their agenda? September 2014: At least 15 people killed and 30 others injured when suspected Boko Haram militants attack a college in the city of Kano. At least seven people killed days later after a …

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