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Bandits kill 200 people, injure 300 others in Nigeria’s Niger state

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are engaged in a special operation against bandits in North West. PHOTO | MOHAMMED MOMOH | NMG

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Abuja,

Bandits attacked Nigeria’s North Central Niger state, near Federal Capital Territory (FCT), killing at least 200 people in 17 days.

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