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Nigeria Uncovers 17,000 More Civil Service Ghost Workers
Nigeria has uncovered 17,000 more ghost workers on the civil service payroll, the country's anti-corruption body said today, taking the number of fictitious employees to more than 37,000.
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Nigerian Minister Claims Boko Haram 'Largely' Defeated
Nigeria's information minister today insisted that Boko Haram was "largely defeated" despite two days of bombings blamed on the terrorist group that left dozens dead in the volatile northeast.
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Nigeria Suspends Immigration Boss After Wanted Imam Gets Visa
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari suspended his head of immigration Friday, the government announced, with the department under investigation over the approval of a visa to a fugitive radical Islamic preacher.
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Boko Haram Suspected Behind Chad, Nigeria Suicide Attacks
At least 15 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded market in Chad's capital on Saturday just days after Boko Haram claimed a previous bombing in the city that left 38 people dead.
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Anxious Wait for Nigeria Girls After Boko Haram 'Deal'
More than 24 hours after Nigerian officials claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants to free more than 200 schoolgirls, relatives of the teenagers were still anxiously waiting for news about their return.
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Malala in Nigeria for Abducted Girls, Meets Escapees and Parents
Pakistani schoogirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, held meetings on Sunday in the Nigerian capital Abuja with some parents of the over 200 girls abducted in northern Nigeria and leaders of a group campaigning for their release.
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Nigeria Says Militants Plan Petrol Lorry Attacks on Capital
Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria's capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
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Fears of Wider Boko Haram Violence in Nigeria After Jos Bombing
Rescue workers on Wednesday combed through the rubble of Nigeria's deadliest bomb attack after at least 118 people were killed in the central city of Jos, with Boko Haram blamed for the atrocity.
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Nigeria Uncovers 17,000 More Civil Service Ghost Workers
Nigeria has uncovered 17,000 more ghost workers on the civil service payroll, the country's anti-corruption body said today, taking the number of fictitious employees to more than 37,000.
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Nigerian Minister Claims Boko Haram 'Largely' Defeated
Nigeria's information minister today insisted that Boko Haram was "largely defeated" despite two days of bombings blamed on the terrorist group that left dozens dead in the volatile northeast.
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Nigeria Suspends Immigration Boss After Wanted Imam Gets Visa
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari suspended his head of immigration Friday, the government announced, with the department under investigation over the approval of a visa to a fugitive radical Islamic preacher.
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Boko Haram Suspected Behind Chad, Nigeria Suicide Attacks
At least 15 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded market in Chad's capital on Saturday just days after Boko Haram claimed a previous bombing in the city that left 38 people dead.
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Anxious Wait for Nigeria Girls After Boko Haram 'Deal'
More than 24 hours after Nigerian officials claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants to free more than 200 schoolgirls, relatives of the teenagers were still anxiously waiting for news about their return.
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Malala in Nigeria for Abducted Girls, Meets Escapees and Parents
Pakistani schoogirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, held meetings on Sunday in the Nigerian capital Abuja with some parents of the over 200 girls abducted in northern Nigeria and leaders of a group campaigning for their release.
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Nigeria Says Militants Plan Petrol Lorry Attacks on Capital
Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria's capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
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Fears of Wider Boko Haram Violence in Nigeria After Jos Bombing
Rescue workers on Wednesday combed through the rubble of Nigeria's deadliest bomb attack after at least 118 people were killed in the central city of Jos, with Boko Haram blamed for the atrocity.
