Climate change fuels tensions in Nigeria
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New York, United States (PANA) - Despite its huge potential, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, continues to grapple with a [...] Full text...
Nigeria's 2023 elections: Concerns and expectations (By Paul Ejime)
30 january 2023 - 12:27:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria braces for another critical general election this year, it is pertinent to recall the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria police say 17 people killed, 85 houses burnt in Plateau State
03 august 2021 - 08:45:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Egbuka, says 17 people were killed and 85 [...] Full text...
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Gunmen kill 3-month-old baby, 12 others in Benue State of north-central Nigeria
21 july 2021 - 15:54:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A three-month-old baby and 12 adults were shot dead by gunmen in separate incidents in some [...] Full text...
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Fulani herders, leaders bicker with Nigerian military over killing of cows by airstrikes in Nasarawa State
16 june 2021 - 14:38:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) –Fulani herders and the Armed Forces of Nigeria are bickering over reports that two military aircraft conducted [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Army confirms recall of personnel in civil educational institutions, to be deployed in war against terrorism, banditry
16 may 2021 - 16:04:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army has confirmed the recall of its personnel studying in various civil institutions across [...] Full text...
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U.S. raises concerns of religious abuse, discrimination, rising tensions in Nigeria
14 may 2021 - 15:05:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. has voiced concerns over abuses and discrimination against individuals based on religion and religious [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001
27 april 2021 - 15:08:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Christian body warns against threats to life of controversial cleric, Bishop Kukah, amidst eviction notice by Muslim group
14 january 2021 - 17:05:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Gov. seeks review of W/African protocols to end armed herdsmen migration into Nigeria
07 june 2020 - 07:36:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the Governor of Kano State in the northern part of Nigeria, on Saturday [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigerian Presidency assures on nationwide security as banditry violence heightens food insecurity concerns
20 may 2020 - 12:47:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency has assured that all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari express sadness as 51 people are killed by armed bandits in the northwest
03 march 2020 - 06:56:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The bloodletting in Nigeria continued unabated on Sunday as the Police confirmed attacks by armed bandits [...] Full text...
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Nigerien pastoralists again allowed to graze their cattle in Benin
20 february 2020 - 17:53:17Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin is once again allowing Nigerien pastoralists to graze their livestock on its territory, according to a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Armed herdsmen kill 8 persons in Niger Delta region
16 february 2020 - 15:06:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of killings in Nigeria continue to fester as armed herdsmen, allegedly aided by some [...] Full text...
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Twenty-six persons killed, 190 houses destroyed in violence in Nigeria's Plateau State
04 february 2020 - 13:00:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police says that 26 persons were killed and 190 houses completely razed down in [...] Full text...
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Armed herdsmen kill 12 persons in Plateau, Northcentral Nigeria
09 january 2020 - 18:10:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Thursday confirmed that armed herdsmen killed 12 persons and injured one at [...] Full text...
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Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians than Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists in 2018 - Report
21 november 2019 - 08:02:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) says that attacks from armed Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians [...] Full text...
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Insecurity, violence turn Nigeria into ‘pressure cooker’ that must be addressed - UN rights expert
03 september 2019 - 20:32:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalised violence that must be addressed urgently, [...] Full text...
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Buhari orders security forces to "immediately and decisively" end violence in Taraba State, Northcentral Nigeria
19 june 2019 - 19:27:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday condemned the current attacks on the people of Kona in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria community says 148 members killed, 545 houses destroyed in communal violence since February
31 march 2019 - 13:21:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Adara Community, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, says that 148 [...] Full text...
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Herdsmen kill scores, burn over 30 houses in northwest Nigeria
12 march 2019 - 13:02:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Attacks and counter-attacks in Kajuru, Kaduna State of northwest Nigeria appear unending as gunmen, suspected to [...] Full text...
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Suspected herdsmen kill 16 in Benue State, Northcentral Nigeria
04 march 2019 - 20:24:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of killings in Nigeria continues unabated as military and local authorities on Monday confirmed [...] Full text...
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Nigerian political parties mobilise for last minute surprises (By Madu Onuorah, PANA corespondent)
15 february 2019 - 12:24:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and presidential [...] Full text...
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Nigerian parties intensify campaigns ahead of Saturday's elections (News Analysis by Madu Onuora, PANA correspondent)
12 february 2019 - 09:39:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With just a few days to Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in Nigeria, the two [...] Full text...
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Over 1,800 persons killed in recent attacks in north central Nigeria
12 november 2018 - 17:25:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A total of 1,801 persons were killed in recent attacks in the northcentral Nigerian State of [...] Full text...
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19 killed in renewed attacks in Nigeria's Plateau state
05 october 2018 - 10:42:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 19 persons, including a family of seven, have been confirmed dead after gunmen suspected to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President calls for global action on climate change, Lake Chad crisis
26 september 2018 - 07:21:44New York, US (PANA) - A variety of “festering” causes and effects surround crises around the world, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu [...] Full text...
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11 killed in continuing herdsmen/farmers' clashes in Northcentral Nigeria
03 september 2018 - 15:57:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Monday said that 11 people were killed in another round of attacks [...] Full text...
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Some 17 million people live in areas affected by conflict areas in Lake Chad region - MSF
05 august 2018 - 03:29:10N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Around 17 million people live in areas affected by the violent conflict between non-state armed groups [...] Full text...
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AI says herdsmen, banditry violence killed 371 in Northwest Nigeria since January
31 july 2018 - 19:22:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday said that 371 people were killed in [...] Full text...
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'We secured release of 106 Chibok, 104 Dapchi girls, 16,000 others from captivity' – Buhari
29 may 2018 - 10:03:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Beating his chest for a job well done, President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration degraded the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian civil society organisations mourn victims of violence
28 may 2018 - 10:58:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian civil society groups have declared Monday "a national day of mourning and remembrance to honor [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Army kill 4 hersdmen militia
18 march 2018 - 15:23:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops killed four armed erdsmen militia in Ningi, Bauchi [...] Full text...
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EU tasks Nigerian govt to stop scores of killings by herdsmen
13 march 2018 - 16:26:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Monday asked the Federal Government to fish out the killer herdsmen [...] Full text...
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Nigerian army calls for end to killings in northern Nigeria
12 march 2018 - 07:56:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has warned the perpetrators of continuous bloodletting in parts of northeast and north-central [...] Full text...
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Sixteen confirmed killed by armed herdsmen in northern Nigeria
12 march 2018 - 07:51:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Sunday night said that the death toll from the attacks on communities [...] Full text...
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Buhari laments "seriousness and urgency" of security challenges in Nigeria
12 february 2018 - 19:18:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – In the wake of unrelenting security challenges, especially the killings by herdsmen in parts of the [...] Full text...
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Rights group says dozens killed in Nigeria air attacks on villages
30 january 2018 - 06:44:06Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in [...] Full text...
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ISIS affiliate operating in Nigeria - Government says
22 january 2018 - 09:52:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government on Sunday said that the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), an [...] Full text...
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Buhari express 'deep sadness' over killing of 29 civilians by herdsmen
17 october 2017 - 07:10:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night said he received with “deep sadness and regret,” news [...] Full text...
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Gambia: MFWA says Nigerian media under siege for two months
05 october 2017 - 13:26:54Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Over a period of two months Nigerian media came under siege by state actors, the Media [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari orders security, military chiefs to contain secessionist, Boko Haram threats
22 august 2017 - 18:30:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday issued fresh directives to military and security chiefs to urgently [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UN deputy chief says 'messages of women' vital to sustainable peace, development
21 july 2017 - 14:18:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Urgent action is needed now towards the meaningful participation of women in peace processes, as well [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rift Valley violence threatens voting, says human rights group
11 july 2017 - 07:05:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ongoing violence in the Rift Valley is causing insecurity and forced displacement that could potentially keep [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari condemns killings in a market in North Central Nigeria
21 march 2017 - 13:50:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday condemned Monday’s attack on a market in Zaki Biam, North Central [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Govt. says 204 died in Southern Kaduna clashes between farmers, herdsmen
13 january 2017 - 14:49:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday released the first official figure of casualties [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Armed herdsmen kill four farmers in north-central Nigeria
11 january 2017 - 17:21:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Police on Wednesday confirmed four persons were killed and several others injured when farmers [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Gunmen kill 3 police officers, two declared missing
08 january 2017 - 18:02:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Sunday confirmed the killing of three police officers and the disappearance of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Church alleges 808 killed in tribal attacks by herdsmen in northwest Nigeria
29 december 2016 - 16:42:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Incessant raids by alleged Fulani herdsmen have claimed 808 lives in southern Kaduna State, northwest [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 20 killed, 10,000 displaced in herdsmen, farmers violence in northeast Nigeria
21 december 2016 - 18:16:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 20 persons have lost their lives and about 10,000 others were displaced in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Gunmen kill 31 in northwestern Nigerian State of Kaduna
15 november 2016 - 18:57:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 31 people were killed and several others injured as unknown gunmen attacked four communities in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Pakistani military delegation in Nigeria for closer cooperation
18 august 2016 - 16:47:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Pakistani Armed Forces delegation led by Director General of Joint Staff, Lt Gen. Najib Ullah [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari mandates security agencies to eradicate herdsmen banditry in Nigeria
06 august 2016 - 09:26:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the nation’s security agencies to deal decisively with all acts [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Invading Fulani herdsmen kill 15 villagers in northeastern Nigeria
03 august 2016 - 17:46:51Abuja, Nigeria – (PANA) - Marauding Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday invaded and unleashed violence on Kodomun community, killing 15 villagers [...] Full text...
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Senegal: ECOWAS new chair outlines plans
22 june 2016 - 15:41:20Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The new chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Ellen Johnson [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: New pump price of petrol dominates newspaper headlines in Nigeria
14 may 2016 - 10:32:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, announced on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Army troops killed 18 cattle rustlers, armed bandits
05 may 2016 - 22:11:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Army on Thursday said that its troops averted another attack on Dansadau town in North [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari resolves to deal "decisively" with armed herdsmen
03 may 2016 - 21:23:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has resolved to deal "decisively and expeditiously" with the continued attacks on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari directs security agencies to probe killings by herdsmen
27 april 2016 - 21:39:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time spoke on the continuing killings by Fulani herdsmen, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Govt. orders security agencies to "crush" growing communal violence
26 april 2016 - 15:16:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Tuesday in Abuja ordered all the nation’s security agencies to crush and [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Looming strikes, conflict between farmers and herdsmen reported in Ghana
06 february 2016 - 07:06:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Looming strikes by drivers and traders, and conflict between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Ashanti [...] Full text...
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US: IOC expresses concern over plight of muslims in CAR
01 january 2015 - 19:53:04New York, US (PANA) - The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Thursday said it was gravely disturbed by the recent [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights body faults Nigerian authorities over girls' abduction
09 may 2014 - 16:45:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that the Nigerian security forces failed to act on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Jonathan hosts national security council meeting
17 april 2014 - 14:41:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday met with members of the National Security Council (NSC) and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Military continues ongoing offensive against terrorists, armed militias
13 april 2014 - 17:13:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Sunday said it launched an assault on camps of armed militiamen who [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Govt sets up panel on killing of herdsmen, farmers in Northern Nigeria
13 april 2014 - 17:06:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to find a lasting solution to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Group accuses military of genocide against Muslims
08 april 2014 - 09:43:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's apex Muslim body has accused the country's military of trying to wipe out the entire [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Death toll in Nigerian state attack rises to 105
07 april 2014 - 09:53:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll in Saturday's attack on a village in Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara by [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Military, other agencies begin offensive against bandits in North Central Nigeria
31 march 2014 - 17:32:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military has announced the commencement of a major offensive to stop the violence perpetrated [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria: Jonathan urged to convene summit on violence between farmers and herdsmen
27 march 2014 - 20:24:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to convene an urgent expanded meeting [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: MPs ask for military, police deployment to contain violence
20 march 2014 - 18:18:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian House of Representatives Thursday asked Police and Army Chieftains to immediately send troops to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Senate mandates 4 committees to probe continuing violence in the North
20 march 2014 - 17:24:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate Thursday mandated its committees on Security and Intelligence, Defence and Army, Police Affairs [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Mass burial for 100 victims of Nigeria killings
17 march 2014 - 08:37:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The remains of the 100 people who were killed in an attack on three villages in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 100 killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigerian state
16 march 2014 - 11:26:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 100 people were massacred in the early hours of Saturday by suspected Fulani herdsmen in [...] Full text...
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Special Security: Terrorism, armed conflicts, kidnapping still a challenge in Nigeria (News Analysis by Semiu Babalola)
12 january 2014 - 21:06:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Even though the frequency of attacks on places of worships and other targets by suspected terrorists [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 30 killed in ethno-religious violence
07 january 2014 - 09:30:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 30 people were killed, 25 other injured and 40 houses burnt in Nigeria's volatile [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 3 killed in New Year's eve attack on church
02 january 2014 - 10:08:10Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three person were killed and 16 others wounded when gunmen invaded a church in Maiakworigold Maikatako [...] Full text...
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Governor moves to defuse deadly tribal clashes in Darfur
19 november 2013 - 11:03:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Central Darfur government has ordered the dispersal of all tribal gathering in Abu Dukhin area, where [...] Full text...
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48 killed in Nigeria's recurring violence
28 june 2013 - 13:24:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 48 people have been killed in the latest violence in Langtang South in Nigeria's northern [...] Full text...
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Unbridled orgy of killings dominates Nigerian media
11 may 2013 - 10:08:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The recent breakdown of law and order, resulting in the mass killing of persons, including security [...] Full text...
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19 die in Easter attack in Nigeria
01 april 2013 - 15:13:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 19 people were shot dead and many others injured when gunmen launched a dawn [...] Full text...
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Over 40 die in Nigeria's recurring violence
30 march 2013 - 16:05:50Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 40 people have been killed in the past week around Nigeria's central city of Jos, [...] Full text...
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Killer tanker fire explosion, Jos mayhem, first woman chief justice reported in Nigeria
14 july 2012 - 11:40:58Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The explosion of a fully-loaded fuel tanker, bloodbath in Jos and the appointment of the first [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to over 100
09 july 2012 - 09:03:18Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 104 people, including two serving MPs and three security agents, have been killed since [...] Full text...
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2 MPs die at mass burial for victims of internecine killings in Nigeria (Updated, with curfew imposition)
08 july 2012 - 19:30:43Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two serving federal and state lawmakers died while they were attending the mass burial of the [...] Full text...
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Over 20 killed in Nigeria attack
08 july 2012 - 08:17:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 20 people, mostly women and children, were killed when unknown gunmen invaded many villages [...] Full text...
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Police confirm 5 dead in attack on Nigeria village
25 april 2012 - 15:44:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have confirmed that five persons were killed in an overnight attack Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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Subsidy palliatives, inflation, rampaging lion reported in Nigeria
25 february 2012 - 12:17:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The disbursement of funds for subsidy palliatives, rising inflation as a result of the subsidy removal, [...] Full text...
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Massacre of nomadic herdsmen, Mills-Ban meeting highlighted in Ghana media
10 december 2011 - 08:13:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The massacre of more than a dozen Fulani herdsmen in northern Ghana, a meeting between President [...] Full text...
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Twelve Fulani herdsmen killed in northern Ghana
07 december 2011 - 20:49:09Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Twelve Fulani herdsmen were killed on Wednesday when they were attacked by unknown assailants [...] Full text...
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Dozens feared dead in Nigeria clash
02 december 2011 - 12:06:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Dozens are feared to have died and thousands displaced in the latest clash between Fulani herdsmen and [...] Full text...
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Nigerian media report justice for comedian, rumble at anti-graft agency, Boko Haram
26 november 2011 - 08:06:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were this week filled with stories of the popular comedian who deservedly got [...] Full text...
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12 killed in fresh violence in troubled Nigerian city
25 november 2011 - 08:38:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A resurgence of the lingering ethno-religious violence in Nigeria's northern city of Jos Thursday left 12 [...] Full text...
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Doctors’ strike, Goodluck’s visit played up in Ghanaian media
15 october 2011 - 08:21:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A crippling strike by doctors in the public sector and last weekend’s visit to Ghana by [...] Full text...
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Jonathan: My vision is to make ECOWAS one family
09 october 2011 - 07:59:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Goodluck [...] Full text...
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Death toll in fresh Nigeria violence rises to 12
10 september 2011 - 09:52:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll in the ongoing sectarian violence in Nigeria's central Plateau state has risen to [...] Full text...
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Explosion rocks troubled Nigerian city
20 march 2011 - 16:59:09Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An explosion has occurred in Jos, capital of Nigeria's central Plateau state which has been wracked by [...] Full text...
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Five family members killed in Nigeria's volatile city
14 march 2011 - 18:17:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five member of the same family were killed early Monday in Nigeria's central city of Jos, [...] Full text...
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Scores feared dead as multiple explosions rock Nigerian city
25 december 2010 - 10:30:19Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Scores of people were feared dead or injured when multiple explosions rocked Nigeria's northern city of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria court jails 15 over ethno-religious crisis
16 december 2010 - 18:35:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine months after Nigeria's central city of Jos erupted in an ethno-religious violence that the police [...] Full text...
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7 die in fresh communal violence in Nigeria
04 december 2010 - 11:58:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Seven persons were killed and four injured in a reprisal attack in Nwachukwu village in Bassa local [...] Full text...
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'3 die in fresh crisis in Jos'
23 may 2010 - 08:16:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A fresh outbreak of violence in Nigeria's volatile north ern city of Jos has left three [...] Full text...
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NGO launches campaign to resolve deportation of Mauritanian refugees
03 may 2010 - 22:48:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A non-governmental organisation on Monday launched a campaign to settle all problems arising from the deportations [...] Full text...
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Trial of Jos massacre suspects opens
01 april 2010 - 15:07:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The trial of suspects in last month's massacre of over 5 00 people in Dogo Nahawa [...] Full text...
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Fresh fighting 'leaves 13 dead' in Jos
17 march 2010 - 12:09:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in Riyom communit y on the outskirts of Jos, capital [...] Full text...
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'50 persons still missing after Jos violence'
14 march 2010 - 10:06:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Some 50 people are still missing a week after sectarian violence in Nigeria's central state of [...] Full text...
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Renewed sectarian violence in Nigerian city dominates newspaper pages
13 march 2010 - 08:02:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers on Monday highlighted stories from t he renewed sectarian crisis on the outskirts of [...] Full text...
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Army commander admits being forewarned on Nigeria violence
12 march 2010 - 08:08:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Commander of the military unit that is overseeing se curity in Nigeria's restive city of [...] Full text...
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3-day fasting, prayer begin for Nigeria violence victims
11 march 2010 - 07:54:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A three-day fasting and prayer period started Thursday f or the hundreds of people who were [...] Full text...
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'Negligent security officials' blamed for Nigeria massacre
10 march 2010 - 09:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The killing of over 500 people, mostly women and childre n, in three villages on the [...] Full text...
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Opposition blames Nigerian govt for Jos massacre
09 march 2010 - 10:21:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) has accused th e federal government of 'hypocrisy' in its reaction [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch wants Jos killings investigated
09 march 2010 - 09:05:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to make sure that [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Acting President orders investigation into mass killings
09 march 2010 - 07:24:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As victims of Sunday killings in Nigeria's northern Plat eau state were given a mass burial [...] Full text...
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55 die in Jos violence - Police
08 march 2010 - 13:45:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The police command in Nigeria's northern Plateau state h as put the death toll from Sunday's [...] Full text...
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Mass burial for victims of Nigeria's latest sectarian violence
08 march 2010 - 07:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Plateau state government plans to give a mass burial to the hundreds of people, mostly [...] Full text...
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Over 150 feared killed in renewed Nigeria violence
07 march 2010 - 16:32:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- At least 150 people have been killed in a renewed ethno- religious crisis on the outskirts [...] Full text...
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Manhunt on for raiders who massacred 34 in Northern Kenya
16 september 2009 - 12:38:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya security personnel have launched a massive manhunt for armed raiders who Tuesday staged an early [...] Full text...
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