11 killed in plane crash

LAGOS - Eleven people, including the military admimstrator of Nigeria's Kano state, were killed when their jet crashed near the…

LAGOS - Eleven people, including the military admimstrator of Nigeria's Kano state, were killed when their jet crashed near the Nigerian city of Jos yesterday, officials said.

The Gulfstream aircraft car crying Col Mohammed Wase (45), several aides and state officials took off from Kano and was about to land in Jos when it crashed, a senior Plateau state official said.

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