LAGOS: Nigeria on Friday signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces against militants in the north of the country. The west African country faces multiple interlinked security crises in its north, where jihadists have been waging an insurgency in the northeast since 2009 and armed “bandit” gangs raid villages and stage kidnappings in the northwest.

U.S. conducts airstrike in northwest Nigeria against ISIS militants targeting Christians, following requests from Nigerian authorities.

The attacks mark the first by US forces in Nigeria under Trump, and come after the Republican berated the West African nation in October and November, saying Christians there…