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National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, was again the target of an armed incursion late Wednesday night, marking the second attempted breach of its security perimeter in one week.

Security personnel at the institute successfully repelled the latest attack, which occurred on July 1.