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35 killed in jihadist attacks in Nigeria: sources 244 KANO, Nigeria, May 5, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as part of a decade-long insurgency that has killed 36,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) came in several trucks fitted with machine guns and stormed Ajiri town late on ...

AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as part of a decade-long insurgency that has killed 36,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) came in several trucks fitted with machine guns and stormed Ajiri town late on Monday. They attacked a military base, leading to intense fighting in which five soldiers and 15 anti-jihadist militia were killed, two military sources said. ISWAP had raided the same base on Sunday, killing the base commander along with six...

Yasuyoshi Ciba / AFP Jihadists have killed more than 36 000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. On Tuesday, the militants killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen. The attacks happened in the Borno state. Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigeria's troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as part of a decade-long insurgency that has killed 36 000 people and forced more than two million to fle...

Laleye Dipo in Minna The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State branch has declared an indefinite strike from May 4, 2021. The union in a statement made available to journalists in Minna yesterday stated that the declaration of the strike followed the resolution by the state Working Executive Committee of the NUT held on April 30, 2021, during which the inability of the state government to meet the demands of the organisation after it suspended a previous strike that took place last February was considered. The statement was jointly signed by the state Chairman of the union, Ibrahim Uma...

Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP – Ondo Central) says the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede will get a favourable judgement at the Court of Appeal. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the October 10, 2020 election. The petition tribunal declared him winner this week. Akinyelure, in a statement by his spokesman, Charles Akinwon, predicted that the verdict will be overturned. The lawmaker advised PDP members in Ondo not to be discouraged by tribunal judgment. “Members of our party should be hopeful because I have the ass...