LAGOS: Militant fighters have killed scores of people and destroyed seven villages in raids in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state, the police said Thursday. Members of the Lakurawa group attacked villages in the Bui district of Arewa northern region at around 1:15 p.m. (1215 GMT) Wednesday, said Kebbi state police spokesman Bashir Usman.

LAGOS: Militant fighters have killed scores of people and destroyed seven villages in raids in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state, the police said Thursday. Members of the…

The gunmen launched simultaneous assaults on multiple communities in a remote border district, officials say.

Islamic militants killed 33 in simultaneous attacks in Kebbi, Nigeria, exacerbating the region's ongoing security crisis.