More than 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, just days after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited declaring that Boko Haram were close to defeat. The explosion happened at about 8:20pm in the Jambutu area of the Adamawa state capital, although it was not yet clear whether it was caused by a suicide bomber or an improvised explosive device. “So far, we’ve recorded about 32 dead and about 80 injured,” said Sa’ad Bello, the Yola...
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