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New Boko Haram Attack On Nigerian City Of Maiduguri

Boko Haram Islamist militants have launched a fresh assault on the strategically important Nigerian city of Maiduguri, eyewitnesses say. ...

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NIGERIA: President Jonathan’s Aides Stranded As Boko Haram Attacks Maiduguri

Nine soldiers and 56 insurgents are believed to have lost their lives in an attempt by Boko Haram to capture Maiduguri, Borno State on Sunda...

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Boko Haram Kills 15 Villagers In Nigerian City

Boko Haram fighters have killed 15 villagers near Maiduguri, the city which is the epicentre of the extremist group's six-year insurgenc...

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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kidnap 40 People In Northeast Nigeria

Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Nigeria in a raid that residents and a security source blamed on Bo...

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NIGERIA: Damaturu, Maiduguri Attacks - 38 Policemen, Six Soldiers, 106 Others Dead

The Police High Command in Abuja, yesterday, confirmed that 38 Police officers were killed during Monday and Tuesday's attacks on Damatu...

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Female Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 44 In Nigeria's Northeast

“Maiduguri is gradually being captured. Its location is almost in the middle of Borno State and only the Maiduguri-Damaturu axis of the road...

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Nigerian Village Buries 45 After Boko Haram "Slaughter"

At least 45 people were killed in a Boko Haram reprisal attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, the epicentre of the Islamists' fiv...

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BREAKING: 12 Nigerian Soldiers Sentenced To Death For Mutiny

Twelve Nigerian soldiers have been sentenced to death for mutiny and attempted murder after shots were fired at their commanding officer in ...

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Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists Puts Maiduguri Under 'Siege', Traditional Elders Warn

Nigeria's militant Islamists have "completely surrounded" Maiduguri, the main city in north-eastern Borno state, traditional e...

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Flood Wrecks Havoc In Maiduguri

 No fewer than 100 persons were on Saturday displaced in Maiduguri after their homes were flooded by a heavy downpour. Reports show tha...

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