Local officials suspect the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which is leading an insurgency in West Africa that has killed thousands, behind the attack. Young people took to the streets to protest against Nigeria's rising cost of living and corruption, and the police opened fire on them.
On Tuesday, Niger's ruling military junta announced on national television that 21 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush near the country's border with Burkina Faso by an unidentified "terrorist group." The statement did not identify the perpetrators of the attack.
A group of armed assailants launched a late-night assault on isolated villages in northcentral Nigeria, resulting in the deaths of at least 40 villagers. No entity has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack.
A provisional toll by the local Red Cross reported 104 deaths in 18 villages in the Bokkos region of Nigeria. At least 50 people were also reported dead in several villages in the Barkin Ladi area, according to Dickson Chollom, a member of the state parliament.
Kano: Officials say Fulani Muslim herders attacked three Christian villages and killed more than 100 civilians. Hundreds of thatched-roof huts were set ablaze.Thousands have been killed in recent years in competition for land and water
Baga, Nigeria, Apr 22: Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said on Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire
Abuja, Dec 26 : A wave of terror attacks, including two on Christmas Day church services, by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people and injured many across Nigeria. In the first blast, 27
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