Afghan forces end deadly 13 hour Kabul hotel siege

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Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State has been set ablaze by gunmen.They also attempted to attack the Police ‘B’ Divisional Headquarters close to the INEC office but were repelled by the operatives on duty.

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Gunmen assault another station in delta, this time at Ashaka police station in Ndokwa East local government area.

A Nigerian regional governor called on the residents to "defend themselves" against bandits following the latest brutal attack.

Armed attackers have abducted at least 80 pupils and five teachers from a school in the state of Kebbi. Security forces are searching for the kidnapped students and staff.

Gunmen kidnap staff and baby from northwest Nigerian hospital

A school official said unidentified gunmen seized more than 100 children from a school in Kaduna, a provincial capital in northwest Nigeria.

The chief of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, and 10 family members have been kidnapped. Police have deployed rescue operations in Kaduna state.

Officials said the attack by unidentified shooters on motorbikes "targeted civilians" in Banibangou — near the jihadist-plagued tri-border region spanning Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of Dawa Khan Menapal — just days after they pledged "retaliatory" attacks against key government officials.

The attack left 14 children dead as the assailants reportedly "shot at anything that moved." It's the latest attack in near Niger's border with Mali.