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A Nigerian national has moved to court accusing a Kenyan man of attacking and robbing him of his mobile phone and passport in a dispute allegedly sparked by a football shirt.
Each year during Ramadan, the Islamic police force, known as the Hisbah, patrol cafes, restaurants, and markets to ensure Muslims observe the required fasting hours.
A Nigerian governor faced online backlash after a viral video showed him urinating publicly on a street, sparking debate over leadership decorum and accountability.
Some 100 US soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country, the Nigerian defence ministry announced Monday.
A security report seen by AFP said the attackers had used "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
"Here we have 172, but the numbers that were abducted at the beginning were 183," said the governor, adding that 11 had escaped.
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