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Suspected Bob Haram members were dressed in military uniforms when they attacked a northeastern town, an army spokesman said Wednesday
UPI Almanac for Sunday, May 5, 2013.
The United Nations urged Nigerian leaders to ensure security forces respect human rights following reports of heavy civilian casualties in fighting in Baga.
The Nigerian government is called on to make sure national security efforts conform with human rights laws, a U.N. human rights representative said.
UPI Almanac for Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met with the Northern Elders Forum to discuss the ongoing deadly insurgency in the North, officials said.
Some of the foreigners kidnapped and held hostage by Nigerian terrorists may still be alive despite reports they were killed, the country's president says.
More than 60 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Kano state while a teacher and two pupils died in an attack on a Borno school, Nigerian officials said.
A Nigerian convicted in 2004 in Indonesia of trafficking heroin has been put to death by firing squad.
Nigeria said it won a lopsided victory against the Boko Haram rebels in a series of operations in Borno state.
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