Author: Sam Olukoya
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction
LAGOS, Nigeria • Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation. Police and the military have begun joint operations to rescue the girls after the attack at the Government Girls Junior Secondary School…
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Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria • Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. More than 330 students remain missing from…
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Nigeria police say at least 50 killed in mosque bombing
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A teenage suicide bomber attacked as worshippers gathered for morning prayers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said. It was one of the region’s deadliest assaults in years.Police spokesman Othman Abubakar told The Associated Press on Tuesday (Nov. 21) authorities were “still trying to ascertain…