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Nigeria’s state railway company on Monday resumed a popular train service between the capital Abuja and the northern state of Kaduna, suspended since in March after gunmen killed passengers and kidnapped several dozen, local media reported. Nigeria is battling insecurity in the north from armed gangs who attack villages and …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said 168 people are missing following an attack on a train last week in which eight people were killed and several wounded, Reuters agency reports. Suspected bandits blew up the track on the Abuja-Kaduna route in the northwest of the country and then opened fire …