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Algeria, Nigeria send maintenance and logistical support, fighter jets to Niger after a failed military coup
Niamey: Four Su-30 fighter jets, accompanied by an Il-76 transport aircraft and an Il-78 aerial tanker, have been deployed by Algeria to Air Base 101, adjacent to Diori Hamani International…
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U.S. to extradite Nigerian man from UK over $235,000 cyber fraud
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