>• Nigeria's northern state of Yobe ordered on Sunday to close all the secondary schools. • The decision came following an attack at a boarding school in where most of the victims were burned alive. • The attackers had invaded the school setting fire on the hostels while fleeing students were shot. LAGOS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's northern state of Yobe ordered on Sunday to close all the secondary schools after a Saturday school massacre in which at least 20 students lost their lives, according to a government statement. State governor Ibrahim Gaidam directed that all secondary schools in the state be closed down from Monday July 8, 2013 until a new...
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