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Military aircraft with 32 people on board crashes in southern Nigeria

A military aircraft crashed in southern Nigeria on Monday, carrying 32 people on board, prompting a rapid rescue effort, authorities reported. The aircraft, on a regular mission to Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, plummeted in the Igbokoda region of Ondo state, according to a statement from Nigeria's Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo. The precise count of casualties or the extent of the aircraft's damage remains unknown.

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