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- ↑ "West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (11-17 January 2022) - Nigeria". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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- ↑ "JUST IN: Scores feared dead as gunmen attack Kebbi community, burn corpses". Punch Newspapers. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ↑ "Bandits kill 16, abduct many in Kebbi". Vanguard News. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-19.