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Nigerian state closes all secondary schools after massacre

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-07-08 06:03

LAGOS - Nigeria's northern state of Yobe ordered on Sunday to close all the secondary schools after a Saturday school massare in which at least 20 students lost their lives, according to a government statement.

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