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In Nigeria, 10 people were killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in the northern state of Jigawa, reports said. “The accident occurred on the Yanfari-Taura highway, explaining that the speeding minibus collided with a truck,” police said. The human toll of the accident was very high, …

Eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured after a man attacked a mosque with a locally made explosive in northern Nigeria’s Kano state. The suspect attacked the mosque in Kano’s remote Gadan village “purely in hostility following prolonged family disagreement,” police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna said. “The worshippers were locked …