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Nigeria's army said it had repelled an attack on Monday by suspected Boko Haram militants on the city at the center of the conflict with the Islamist insurgency.


Major General Nicholas Rogers Zach Gentry Authentic Jersey , who heads Nigeria's military operations against Boko Haram, said that the situation in Maiduguri, in the northeast of Nigeria, was under control.


The government says it is on alert for Boko Haram attacks during the Christmas period and other festivals for Christians and Muslims.


Heavy gunfire was heard in the Molai area on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening, prompting residents to flee the district, two residents and an officer in a local vigilante group had said.


The vigilante commander Benny Snell Jr. Authentic Jersey , who asked not to be identified, said his group had joined the effort to repel the attackers.


There were no immediate reports of casualties nor any immediate claim of responsibility. It was also not immediately possible to identify the target of the assault.


Boko Haram has in the past targeted places of worship during religious celebrations, including attacking churches at Christmas or mosques during Muslim festivals or prayer times.


The last major Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri, a mainly Muslim city with a Christian minority, was in June, when the group launched an assault on the eve of a visit by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.


(Agencies)

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BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China(CPC) leader Wang Yang Friday called for more efforts to promotepeaceful development of cross-Strait relations and achieve nationalreunification.


Wang Diontae Johnson Authentic Jersey , a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureauof the CPC Central Committee and vice premier, made the remarks atthe opening ceremony of the 10th national congress of Taiwancompatriots.


The opening was presided over by Wang Yifu, president of theAll-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (ACFTC).


Wang Yang reviewed achievements made during the last five yearsand stressed new tasks given by the 19th CPC National Congress.


""Peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait andthe reunification of China is the shared dream and fundamentalinterest of all Chinese people,"" Wang said.


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