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The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the day of, calling it "Breaking the Walls campaign". [6] Abba Kyari was recaptured on July 20. [13] A political leader in Plateau State, Elkanah Garang, called for the immediate release of some suspects, as they had been pardoned by Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the ...
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Esther Joseph said she went "almost mad" with anguish when her 13-year-old daughter Precious Sim was kidnapped from a northern Nigeria high school along with other ...
At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said. Service agents were ...
A United Methodist church member was shot and killed in a confrontation between both factions in Taraba, a state in […]
A prison break is an unlawful act under Nigerian law involving a prisoner escaping or forcing their way out of a prison. [1] [2] Prison breaks in Nigeria are also often the result of attacks on the Nigerian Correctional Service facilities by terrorist groups, including Boko Haram, or armed robbers, leading to the release of inmates. [3]
The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. [1] The attack occurred on 2 November 2014. [2] About 144 prisoners escaped from the prison; 1 inmate was shot and killed during the attack. [3]
Security forces fire tear gas as anti-government protests break out across Nigeria BY CHINEDU ASADU AND TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria on Thursday as they protested against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation .
The prison break in Bauchi is not the only such attack coordinated by Boko Haram. The 2014 Kogi Prison break, which released 119 inmates, was attributed to the group as well. [14] Boko Haram later escalated its presence in the Lake Chad Basin, which countries in the region including Nigeria and Chad have addressed with the Multinational Joint ...