Gunmen suspected to be linked to Islamic State kill 10 people in Nigeria’s Borno. Victims were scavenging for scrap metal from vehicles burnt in military operations. ISWAP militants killed three militiamen and abducted three civilians. Nigeria: Gunmen suspected to be linked to the Islamic State on Saturday killed 10 people in the latest spate of … Read more
Six soldiers and a policeman were killed in central Nigeria during conflicts between farmers and herders, local police confirmed on Wednesday. A joint military and police team was attacked on Tuesday in Tarti village, Takum district, Taraba state, according to state police spokesman Usman Abdullahi. “We lost six soldiers and a policeman in the attack … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday for the safe and “dignified” repatriation of individuals displaced by Nigeria’s terrorist insurgency, as local authorities dismantle camps and urge people to return to their towns. Over a decade of conflict in the country’s northeast between the military and Boko Haram and its spinoff Islamic State West Africa … Read more
When dozens of gunmen raided Abubakar Aliyu’s village in vital Nigeria two weeks in the past, they stormed in on motorbikes, every wearing one or attackers who opened fire and chased down residents. By the time security forces arrived, more than one hundred villagers have been useless and ratings of homes were destroyed after gunmen … Read more
An explosion at a bar in Taraba state, northeast Nigeria, injured 11 people on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest violence targeting drinking establishments in the region. The explosive went off at a moonshine bar in Nukkai community, outside state capital Jalingo around 1900 GMT on Friday, police spokesman Usman Abdullahi, told AFP. “The explosive … Read more
