Lagos, Oct 5, 2026 (AFP) - Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria

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2026-10-05

A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country's southwest, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said, declaring three days of national mourning. It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa's most populous country. The passenger aircraft was on a "routine mission" from Benin City in southern Nigeria to the economic hub of Lagos when it went down at Igbokoda in southwestern Ondo state shortly after 9:0......

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