Nigerian officials say that 54 people were killed in two attacks in northern Nigeria suspected to be by Islamic extremists.
Lagos: Nigerian officials say that 54 people were killed in two attacks in northern Nigeria suspected to be by Islamic extremists.
Police constable Abdullahi Mohammed said on Tuesday that suspected Boko Haram members killed 24 soldiers and 21 policemen in an attack on Monday evening on Buni Yadi town in Yobe state.
And in Borno state local government official Nglamuda Ibrahim said that gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram killed nine people in two remote villages, also last night.
Ibrahim said that in Ashigashiya town the armed men shot at villagers, burned their homes and held control over the area and hoisted their white flags with Arabic letters.
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