Nigeria deploys troops after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 in overnight attack

Government

ABUJA — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kaiama district in the central Kwara state after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in an overnight attack, his office said on Thursday. Tuesday’s assault on Woro village was the deadliest this year in the state bordering Niger, a hotspot where Islamic State West Africa Province and other armed groups have stepped up village attacks and mass kidnappings. The violence highlights fears that jihadist factions from

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