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By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): At least 18 people were killed in a mosque attack in Zamfara state in Nigeria, media reports said Saturday. Armed perpetrators, who hid AK 47 rifles in their clothes and pretended to be worshippers, opened fire on worshipers who gathered for Friday prayers in the Ruwan Jema region, […]

27th Feb 2021

Nigeria commences op to rescue 317 abducted schoolgirls

By Olarewaju Kola MAIDUGUEI, Nigeria (AA): Nigerian military and police began operations to rescue hundreds of schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school early Friday in northwest Zamfara State, according to officials. Governor Bello Mohammed said police and other security agencies are using surveillance aircraft in the rescue effort. “Currently, police helicopters and other search and […]

23rd Nov 2020

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 5, kidnap 40 in attack on mosque

By Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria (AA): At least five worshippers were killed and 40 others kidnapped when armed gunmen attacked a mosque in northwestern Nigeria, local media reported Sunday. The attack by armed gangs occurred at a mosque in Zamfara state. The imam was among those reportedly abducted. Around 100 cattle thieves on motorcycles opened […]

16th Feb 2018

Nigeria: Between 18 to 41 people killed in Zamfara State

By Adam Abu Bashal ABUJA, NIGERIA (AA): Between 18 to 41 people were killed on Thursday following a gunmen attack in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State, police sources said. An armed gang ambushed a group of local villagers in Zamfara’s Birani village and killed 18 locals, Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara police Muhammad Shehu […]

6th Jul 2015

Nigeria: 30 feared dead in NW Nigeria after attack on villages

Archive photo: Burnt out parts of a bomb-vehicle is seen at the scene after the Boko Haram suicide attack killing scores in Zabarmari village of Maiduguri, Nigeria on July 4, 2015. Photographer: Mohammed Abba/Anadolu Agency] By Rafiu Oriyomi Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): As many as 30 people are feared dead after gunmen raided the villages of […]

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