KANO: Gunmen killed 15 people in an attack on a northwest Nigerian village, officials confirmed Saturday (Nov 9), amid reports of a newly arrived jihadist group operating in the area. The deputy governor of Kebbi State said Friday's assault on Mera, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Niger border, had been carried out by "unknown gunmen". But the latest massacre came after officials warned that an Islamist group known as "Lakurawa", thought to hail from Mali and Niger, had crossed into

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