Scores of people have been killed in a Boko Haram attack on a military-escorted oil exploration team in the Magumeri area of Borno State. The Vanguard newspaper said 19 soldiers, 33 civilian militia and 17 civilians were known to have been killed in the attack on 25 July, while minister of state for petroleum resources and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) board chairman Ibe Kachikwu said the military was still collecting information and could not confirm the death toll.
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