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Nigeria's President declares state of emergency in 3 states
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three troubled northern states, where a radical Islamist outfit has been carrying out killings and battling with government forces. #World #Nigeria #Goodluck Jonathan #Boko Haram #Adamawa #Yobe #Borno
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Gunmen ambush police boat in Nigeria oil region
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian militants have ambushed a police boat in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, leaving 12 officers missing and presumed dead, security officials said on Sunday. The ambush came days after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main delta militant group prior to a 2009 amnesty, threatened to restart attacks in retaliation for the jailing of leader Henry Okah by a South African court. #United States #China #Brazil #North Korea #Argentina #Nigeria #United Kingdom #Entertainment #Mexico
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Nigerian fuel tanker explosion kills at least 36
LAGOS (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded after crashing into a crowded bus in southern Nigeria, officials said on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Commisson said the crash happened on Friday on the Benin-Ore road linking the commercial hub of Lagos with southeast Nigeria. Three people were injured #United States #India #Business #Technology #France #Arabic #NewsTracker #Nigeria #Mexico #Bird flu #lifestyle
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1,800 children worldwide die daily due to unsafe water: UN report
Nearly 2,000 children around the globe, under the age of five, die every day from diarrhoeal diseases linked to unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, with 24 percent of the deaths occurring in India alone, a UN report has warned. #India #United Nations #didyouknow #Nigeria #water #Unicef #Congo #Sanjay Wijesekera
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Italy, Greece say hostages in Nigeria were killed
ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) - Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction firm compound have been killed, the Italian and Greek Foreign Ministries said on Sunday. #facebook #Business #Technology #Arabic #markets #Italy #Nigeria #United Kingdom #Entertainment #opinion
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Islamist group says executes seven foreign hostages, Nigeria doubts report
RIYADH/LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian Islamist group said on Saturday it had killed seven foreign hostages seized last month from a construction firm's compound in northern Nigeria, where Islamist insurgents have killed hundreds over the past two years. But Nigerian authorities said they had no information on any such killing, and doubted the veracity of the statement. In a statement released on an Islamist website, the Ansaru group said it had killed the hostages in response to attempts by Britain and Nigeria to free them, SITE Monitoring Service reported. #facebook #India #Arabic #NewsTracker #markets #Argentina #Nigeria #lifestyle #kidnapping
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6 sailors, including Indians, released by kidnappers in Nigeria
No ransom was paid before the security agencies regained freedom of the sailors, police said. #NewsTracker #sailors #Nigeria #Kidnapped
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French hostages probably separated, Hollande says
PARIS/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Seven French hostages abducted by suspected Nigerian Islamist militants have probably been separated into two groups and efforts are continuing to locate them, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. French, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials earlier denied French media reports that the seven family members, who were seized in Cameroon on Tuesday and taken over the border, had been freed. #facebook #United States #India #Technology #France #Russia #Paris #Argentina #Nigeria #United Kingdom #Latin America #Entertainment
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Two Indians among six kidnapped off Nigerian coast
Gunmen attacked a vessel off southern Nigeria and kidnapped six foreigners on board, including three Ukrainians, two Indians and a Russian, police said Wednesday. #NewsTracker #Nigeria #Bayelsa State #Fidelis Odunna #Century Group #Gulf of Guinea
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Nigerian militants seize French tourists in Cameroon: Hollande
YAOUNDE/DAKAR (Reuters) - Islamist militants from neighbouring Nigeria abducted a French family of seven, including four children, in northern Cameroon on Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande said. The risk of attacks on French nationals and interests in Africa has risen since France sent forces into Mali last month to help oust Islamist rebels occupying the country's north. "They (French family) have been taken by a terrorist group that we know and that is in Nigeria," Hollande told reporters during a visit to Greece #United States #India #Business #Japan #Brazil #Technology #NewsTracker #Russia #Nigeria #United Kingdom #Entertainment #French