Nigeria sends troops to villages attacked by jihadist fighters
President says army will ‘checkmate barbaric terrorists’ who attacked Woro and Nuku in Kwara state, killing 170 peopleNigeria will deploy an army battalion to a district in the west of the country where suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in attacks in two villages in the region on...
<p>President says army will ‘checkmate barbaric terrorists’ who attacked Woro and Nuku in Kwara state, killing 170 people</p><p>Nigeria will deploy an army battalion to a district in the west of the country where suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in attacks in two villages in the region on Tuesday night, the office of the president has said.</p><p>In the country’s deadliest armed assault this year, gunmen <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/04/gunmen-west-nigeria-attack-red-cross">attacked Woro and Nuku villages</a> in Kaiama district in Kwara state, shooting residents, razing homes and looting shops.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/nigeria-sends-troops-to-villages-attacked-by-jihadist-fighters">Continue reading...</a>
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