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A UN official said that 14 of the dead were children, some of whom were under five and that at least 600 people fled.

INEC’s recognition of the Supreme Court judgment on Friday finally put a death knell to the ambition of APC’s David Lyon who was let down by his deputy-governorship candidate, Biobarakuma Degi-eremienyo, caught in a certificate forgery scandal.

UNHCR said it “expects further arrivals as refugees inform that more people are still in remote border areas and could be on their way trying to reach Nigeria.”

Amnesty said it spoke to 12 women and men forced to flee their homes by the Nigerian military from the villages near the Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

The terrorists withdrew and attacked troops in nearby Gajiganna, where they killed a second soldier and seized a gun truck, sources said.

The attackers “killed not less than 30 people who are mostly motorists and destroyed 18 vehicles,” Bundi said in a statement after visiting the scene.

The operations involved a drone, warplanes and two helicopters, France said.

The old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees” but the latter has now been reviewed downwards by Nigeria’s immigration authorities.

Officials from both countries are meeting in Washington as part of the Nigeria-US Binational Commission talks meant to strengthen ties.

Jersey, Nigeria and US governments entered into an greement to repatriate the US$308 million of forfeited assets to Nigeria after about 20 years of negotiations and court cases.