NIGER SAYS SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS KILLED IN ARMED ATTACK ON NIAMEY AIRPORT. (PHOTO).

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 Niger says soldiers, civilians killed in armed attack on Niamey airport An attack by armed men on an airport in Niger’s capital has killed 11 soldiers and two civilians, according to the country’s defence ministry, five months after a major assault. Twenty-two armed attackers were also killed in the assault and about 20 suspects were apprehended, the ministry added in a press statement read out on national television on Thursday, Al Jazeera reported. Soldiers in Niamey fought suspected rebels around the Diori Hamani International Airport and a military airbase on Thursday, sources told Al Jazeera earlier in the day. A source said gunmen affiliated with an armed group attacked at approximately 6:00am (05:00 GMT) local time. One airport employee who lives near the airport told Al Jazeera he heard heavy exchanges of gunfire and saw a large military deployment as he drove towards work and decided to turn back for safety. A second local source living close to the airport also reported ...

NECO,HAS BEEN COMMENDED FOR A HITCH-FREE & ORDERLY CONDUCT OF EXAM ON SATURDAY.

Related image               The National Examination Council {NECO},has been commended for a hitch-free and orderly conduct of the transition examination which took place on Saturday.The Minister of Education,Malam Adamu Adamu,made this known while monitoring the exercise in some examination centres in Abuja.About 80,000 candidates sat for the Common Entrance Examination nationwide for admissions into the 104 Federal Government Colleges,also known as Unity Schools,to compete for the limited space in the colleges for the 2017/2018 academic session.
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