Key bridge blown up in Nigeria

Travel crisis grinds on as rain hampers repair of key bridge  The Citizen Daily

It has been an eventful day for Nigeria, as the country votes in long-awaited presidential elections. BBC Africa looks back at the day's key developments.

Nigeria's military repels a new assault by militant Islamist group Boko Haram on the key north-eastern city of Maiduguri, an army source tells the BBC.

The Nigerian army says it has killed some 100 Boko Haram militants after repelling an attack on a town near Maiduguri in north-eastern Borno state.

Fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram launch an attack on the key city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, reports say.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram renames Mubi, a recently captured town, Madinatul Islam or City of Islam.

Nigeria's army has retaken the town of Mubi from Boko Haram, officials say, although some reports say the militant Islamists withdrew.

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Makeshift bridge down
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A Scania truck with egistration number T142 BJM and a trailer with registration number T111 ALD tipped over the makeshift bridge along Kinyerezi Road at Ukonga in Dar es Salaam on Friday . The driver ignored the sign post that clearly indicates that ...

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