Nigeria holds mass funeral as tanker explosion death toll rises to 86 (Lead)
Abuja, Jan 19 (IANS) A mass funeral has been held for the victims of Saturday’s gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger, local authorities said on Sunday, while confirming that the death toll has risen from 80 to 86. A total of 80 bodies were buried in a mass grave in the Gurara […]
Nigeria holds mass burial for over 40 farmers killed by insurgents
Abuja, Jan 14 (IANS) Nigerian authorities on Tuesday organised a mass burial for at least 40 farmers suspected to have been killed by insurgents during an attack earlier this week in the northeastern state of Borno, which borders Chad. The farmers were killed late Sunday when a group of insurgents rounded scores of them up […]
