Six people have been killed in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, with herdsmen suspected of committing the attack in the restive region, a former lawmaker and an official said Monday. A long-running battle over land and grazing rights has left hundreds dead in central and northern Nigeria. The violence occurred between ...
The Nigerian army has defeated Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, one of the “jihadists'” last remaining strongholds, President Muhammadu Buhari said Saturday. A campaign lasting for months in the 1,300 square-kilometer forest in northeastern Borno state led to the “final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave ...