At least 19 people were killed when armed men raided two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state kidnapping and cattle-rustling gangs – called bandits by locals – often raid villages in northwest Nigeria The gangs maintain camps in the Rugu forest straddling Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Niger states. northwest has killed 8,000 people since 2011 and displaced more than 200,000, some into neighbouring Niger

By Chinedu Asadu Map of Nigeria ABUJA, NIGERIA — Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks after a similar Much of Nigeria has struggled with security issues, with Kaduna as one of the worst-hit states. The Christian Association of Nigeria condemned Sunday's attacks and said churches in Nigeria have become Many of the attacks targeting rural areas in Nigeria's troubled northern region are similar.

19 seriously injured in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in north-east Nigeria Although Boko Haram has lost ground in recent years, jihadists continue to attack rural communities in Nigeria The town was taken back by the Nigerian military with help from Chadian forces in 2015 but the group The violence has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced about 2 million in north-east Nigeria. The conflict has spread to neighbouring Niger, Cameroon and Chad, prompting the formation of a regional

Mourners attend a mass funeral in Zabarmari, Nigeria, for 43 farm workers whose throats were slit the AUDU MARTE / Contributor / Getty Images Map of Jihadist Massacres in Nigeria 2009 - 2024 Map created Map of Jihadist Massacres in Nigeria 2009 - 2020 To view YouTube video showing spread of jihadist attacks

At least 11 people have been killed in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a security convoy that was The ISIL (ISIS) group, to which a breakaway faction of Nigerian armed group Boko Haram pledged allegiance

affected by the prolonged conflict between farmers and nomadic herders in Guma, Benue State in central Nigeria 6, 2022 [File: Chinedu Asadu/AP Photo] By Adebayo Abdulrahman Published On 15 Sep 2022 Igangan, Nigeria At the root of the crisis is cattle grazing on farmlands across Nigeria but the battle for resources In central Nigeria , the hotspot, as many as 13 million people are at risk of hunger, the World Food In January 2020, as cases of insecurity spiked in southwest Nigeria, the six state governors in the region

Photo by Voice TV Nigeria (Abuja) A Fulani militant, speaking in Fulfulde and filmed outdoors , has openly claimed responsibility for a series of massacres in Nigeria’s Benue and Plateau.A July 2025 YouTube Benue is part of Nigeria, and since we are in the same country with Benue people, they should accommodate 15 after the deadly Yelewata massacre, TVC, a television station owned by the current President of Nigeria , Daily Post carried the news of the attack but called the perpetrators “gunmen.”Another Daily Post Nigeria

advocate Emmanuel Ogebe, born and raised in Benue State, described this as a damning indictment of Nigeria Lopsided War Benue State, located in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, has long been a frontline in deadly attacks “Nigeria’s current approach is not working. The body count proves it. “The figures provide a sobering insight into Nigeria’s worsening internal conflict,” he continued. “No one can objectively look at this data and conclude that things are going well for Nigeria.

Report on Displaced Persons in Northeast Nigeria By Genocide Watch October 2023 Since 2009, the Northern Eastern of Nigeria's states Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi and Yobe continue to be affected. recognize the terrorist insurgency that has caused an enormous crisis for the IDPs in the North East of Nigeria impartial and neutral dispute resolution amongst the groups in conflict Since 2009, the Northern Eastern of Nigeria's recognize the terrorist insurgency that has caused an enormous crisis for the IDPs in the North East of Nigeria

In Defense of Christians hosted an expert panel event exploring Jihad and Christian persecution in Nigeria panelists included: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Stephen Enada of the International Committee on Nigeria

acute By Emmanuel Akinwotu More than 100 people were killed or injured by landmines across north-east Nigeria Mines laid during the conflict between Boko Haram , other armed groups and the Nigerian army left 408 Landmine casualty rates in Nigeria are now the fifth highest in the world. Nigeria’s military tries to clear them, but does not reveal data on its work, even to clearance groups Last year Nigeria committed to becoming mine-free by 2025, and announced it would re-establish a national

An Islamic State-linked group appears to be regaining strength in northeastern Nigeria and is now warning appeared weakened earlier this year by internal feuding, said Nnamdi Obasi, the senior adviser for Nigeria A new campaign by the Nigerian military and the regional multinational joint task force resulted in the Nigeria’s military and the multinational security force “have made tremendous success” in targeting the group’s operational bases, said Kabiru Adamu, a security consultant based in Nigeria.