Residents fleeing a village in Plateau State, north central Nigeria, after an attack by armed bandits.
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The interests of bandits and jihadists are converging in Nigeria and this poses a formidable threat to the country’s security.
Aftermath of an attack by suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province in Auno, Borno State, northeast Nigeria.
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Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets.
Military and government officials supervise the airlift of girls rescued from Boko Haram at Maiduguri Airport.
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It’s been a decade since Boko Haram morphed into a violent, radicalised, Jihadist sect after the death of its founder. Since then it has caused untold harm in Nigeria.