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Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria

Security guards shot dead on Saturday a man who was trying to detonate a bomb at a camp in northeastern Nigeria for people displaced during a seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
At least 10 Nigerian Shias killed in clashes with police INTERNATIONAL

At least 10 Nigerian Shias killed in clashes with police

At least 10 people were killed and several injured Monday when police opened fire during clashes with pro-Iranian Shias outside the northern Nigerian city of Kano, witnesses and police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian oil pipeline bombed again in restive region INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian oil pipeline bombed again in restive region

Nigerian militants on Tuesday bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the southern port city of Warri, the second attack within a week, a community leader and army officer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria rescues one Chibok schoolgirl near Cameroon border INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria rescues one Chibok schoolgirl near Cameroon border

The Nigerian military said on Saturday it had rescued another of the missing Chibok schoolgirls near the border with Cameroon.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria

A truck conveying eight suspected Boko Haram Islamists exploded near a military checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing the occupants, an army spokesman told AFP.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims' INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims'

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the war-torn northeast.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two suicide bombers kill 5 in Nigeria's Maiduguri INTERNATIONAL

Two suicide bombers kill 5 in Nigeria's Maiduguri

Two suicide bombers killed at least five people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, a military source and residents said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria's Buhari says wife 'belongs to my kitchen' INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria's Buhari says wife 'belongs to my kitchen'

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday hit back at criticism from his wife about his leadership, saying she "belongs to my kitchen".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigeria confirms release of 21 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria confirms release of 21 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram

Boko Haram Islamists have released 21 of more than 200 girls kidnapped in 2014 in the northern town of Chibok, the Nigerian government said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants INTERNATIONAL

Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of Niger, the defense ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
15 workers kidnapped in Nigeria's oil hub: police INTERNATIONAL

15 workers kidnapped in Nigeria's oil hub: police

Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives

Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks on tackling the militants.

4:45 AM November 25 2016