Nigeria students die in dormitory fire

Two children die in Mbeya fire
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TWO children died and one seriously injured when a house caught fire at Utengule Usongwe division in Mbeya Rural District, Mbeya Region on Thursday. Mbeya Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Ahmed Msangi, said that the incident occurred while ...

Four members of the same family have died after their house caught fire as they slept in Ulanga District.

>About 400 students of the University of Dar es Salaam who reside at Mabibo hostel have no place to stay after a fire destroyed a section of the hostel yesterday.

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Educational institutions should train students on fire outbreaks
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Of late there have been several incidences of fire outbreaks in this country's educational institutions. Several of these have involved dormitories of secondary schools. The latest was that which took place at the Mabibo hostel of the University of Dar es Salaam ...
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Nigeria's secret police says 21 people have been killed in an attempted jailbreak by detainees at its headquarters in the capital Abuja.

Police say suspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Nigeria's north-east, with some 74 people killed.

Dozens are killed after bombs hit two bus stations in Nigeria's northern city of Gombe, according to witnesses and officials.

Soldiers open fire on their commander in the north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses say, as anger grows over failure to tackle Islamist insurgency.

Thirty people are reportedly killed and several hurt in northern Nigeria, in an attack blamed by police on gunmen from the Fulani community.