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Nigeria deploys helicopters to combat rising insecurity

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Nigeria deploys helicopters to combat rising insecurity

Segun - August 30, 2019

NIGERIA The Nigerian police force on Thursday announced that helicopters had been deployed to help deal with a rising...

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