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Nigeria clamps down on misinformation after school kidnapping

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By Oluseyi Awojulugbe, Tonye Bakare 
| Yahoo
Nigerian authorities have arrested at least eight people in recent weeks for spreading false information on social media, as officials threaten tougher penalties following a wave of misinformation linked to a recent school kidnapping. The abductions on May 15 rocked Nigeria's typically calm southwest, where many had thought they were safe from the mass kidnappings by jihadists and "bandit" gangs that have long rattled the conflict-hit north of the country.
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Nigeria's Ex-Jihadists Seek New Lives After Vocational Training

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By Tonye Bakare 
| Modern Ghana
Ibrahim Mohammed, 32, had spent years deep in the vast forests of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state as a jihadist fighter when a video message from his mother changed everything. A 2009 uprising by the Boko Haram group triggered Nigeria's ongoing insurgency, which has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 3 million. "I received a video message from my mother.
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Nigeria killed 13,000 'terrorists' in past year — President Tinubu

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By Tonye Bakare 
| Modern Ghana
Nigeria has killed more than 13,000 "terrorists" in the past year, President Bola Tinubu said Friday, adding that the death toll from the country's jihadist insurgency is down 81 percent since he took power in 2023. Africa's most populous country is fighting the long-running conflict across its northern regions, complicated by inroads made by militants from the Sahel, and non-ideological "bandit" gangs.
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