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Nigeria's Head of Secuirty Services fired
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Head of Nigeria's security services is fired following a blockage that earlier today prevented lawmakers from accessing the National Assembly building in Abuja.
Marking 20 years after the Al Qaeda bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
Nigerian fantasy writer Tomi Adeyemi scores a major film deal for her debut novel.
(Photo: Police vehicles are pictured outside the National Assembly in Abuja. Credit: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
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