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Boko Haram attacks reported across northern Nigeria on polling day

One soldier was killed and 20 others wounded in Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri, just hours before voting began in Nigeria's presidential election

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Boko Haram kills Nigeria soldiers in attack near Banki

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in Banki near the Cameroon border

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Boko Haram kills four Nigeria troops in assault on Buni Yadi military base

Four Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Buni Yadi, the latest in a string in northern Nigeria and southern Niger

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Nigeria: Boko Haram kills two in northern Adamawa state

A soldier and a local chief were killed in Boko Haram attacks in Madagali and Gubla in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state, military and civilian sources said

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Boko Haram kills three Nigeria troops in attack on Ngwom base near Maiduguri

Three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram militants raided a military base in in Ngwom near Maiduguri northeast Nigeria, security sources said

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Nigerian military battles Islamic State in Mallam Fatori, Borno state

Nigerian troops fought Boko Haram in Mallam Fatori near the Niger border, while ISIS claimed its fighters carried out attacks in the area

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BAE awarded $225 million APKWS rocket contract for US, Nigeria, Netherlands

BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract to produce Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System units for Nigeria and the Netherlands

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Gunmen kill 26 in seven villages in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria

Gunmen killed 26 people in seven villages in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region

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Boko Haram ‘kill six’ in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa and Borno states

Boko Haram in Nigeria killed six people in a series of attacks in Adamawa and Borno states while the military targeted insurgents in Mallam Fatori and Arege

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Boko Haram kills 6 in Toumour near Niger-Nigeria border

Boko Haram militants shot dead six people in Toumour commune in the Diffa region of southern Niger, near the border with Nigeria, a local official said

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