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CNN: Oil Tanker with 22 Aboard Missing Off Coast of West Africa
The search for a missing oil tanker off the coast of West Africa entered its fourth day Sunday, with no word on the fate of the 22 Indian nationals aboard the vessel.
13 killed in suicide bombing at northeastern Nigeria market
At least 13 people were killed after two female suicide bombers attacked a market, authorities in northeastern Nigeria said on Dec. 2.
Suicide attack near Nigeria mosque kills at least 50: Police
At least 50 people were killed on Nov. 21 when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said, in an attack blamed on the outlawed militant group Boko Haram.
Nigerians protest rights violations in Biafra on Istanbul's central Istiklal Avenue
A group of Nigerian migrants on Sept. 21 made a press statement in Istanbul's famous Istiklal Avenue to draw attention to human rights violations in their home country's Biafra region.
Erdoğan continues telephone diplomacy on Myanmar crisis
Speaking with his Kazakh, Senegalese, and Nigerian counterparts to give Eid al-Adha greetings, Turkey's president on Sept. 2 stressed the importance of working together to solve the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Nigeria Seeks Help from the UK
Nigeria has requested British military equipment to fight the Extreme Islamists from the Boko Haram group, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson confirmed.
He admitted that the country is seriously considering getting involved with such help.
British soldiers are already training parts of Nigerian forces in land fighting against terrorists.
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Nigeria prisoner swap secures release of 82 Chibok girls
Nigeria said on May 6 that it had negotiated the release of 82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists more than three years ago, securing their freedom in a prisoner swap deal.
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Nigerian air force kills 52 in strike on refugee camp
Nigeria's air force killed at least 52 people and injured 120 in an air strike on a refugee camp in the country's northeast on Jan. 17, a spokesman from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said after the military earlier disclosed the strike was meant to target Boko Haram militants.
Tragedy: military airplane bombed wrong target killing more than 100 people in Nigeria
A military airplane bombed a refugee camp mistaken it for a Boko Haram camp. The death toll is over 100 people dead and many others wounded.