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- ↑ "AfricaFiles | Nigeria: Religious crisis in Niger State". africafiles.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ↑ "UNHCR | Refworld | Nigeria: Catholic Church in Minna, Niger State, including its hierarchy, percentage of Catholic population, and reports of incidents involving prominent Catholics (January 2000 to January 2001)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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