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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria s north-central Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a local government official and the state s information commission told Reuters. The Islamist group is typically concentrated in the northeast of Africa s most populous nation, and its presence in Niger, a state that borders the federal capital territory, could indicate a concerning spread at a time the military says its counter-insurgency efforts are working. Suleiman Chukuba, chairman of Shiroro local government area in Niger state, which borders Abuja, said Boko Haram fighters were now present in at least eight wards out of a total 25. Shiroro local government has an uncountable number of Boko Haram fighters, Chukuba said. Boko Haram, whose name roughly translates as Western education is forbidden , has waged an insurgency since 2009, joined more recently by its offsho

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